anecdote

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an·ec·dote /ˈænɪkdəʊt $ -doʊt/ noun [countableC]

STORYa short story based on your personal experience 〔基于个人经历的〕轶事，趣闻

The book is full of amusing anecdotes about his life in Japan.

这本书里全是他在日本生活的趣闻轶事。

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anecdote• Then she told an anecdote that would turn out to have prophetic resonance.• But now I shall leave you with one final anecdote which impinges on both issues of morale and moral fibre.• The letters section offers a feast of anecdotes about Mozart.• In language presentation and practice there should be a story of some kind or a series of anecdotes or incidents.• Like an amiable but daffy uncle, he repeatedly hangs himself with his own anecdotes.• It is also chock-full of personal anecdotes.• Personal anecdotes have no place in an academic essay.• But he illustrates his points with telling anecdotes that make good, and fast, reading.

Origin anecdote

(1700-1800) French Latin anekdota “things not published”, from ekdidonai “to publish”

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