anecdotal
/ˌænɪkˈdəʊtəl/adjective
1- (of an account) not necessarily true or reliable, because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research（记述）轶事的：
while there was much anecdotal evidence there was little hard fact.
传闻性证据多, 确凿的事实几乎没有。
1.1
- characterized by or fond of telling anecdotes多轶事的; 爱谈轶事的：
her book is anecdotal and chatty.
她的书以讲述轶事趣闻为主, 跟聊天似的。
1.2
- (of a painting) depicting small narrative incidents（绘画）描绘轶事的：
nineteenth century French anecdotal paintings.
19世纪法国风俗轶事画。
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