| 单词 | anecdotal |
| 释义 | anecdotal (once / 10278 pages) adj Something anecdotal has to do with anecdotes — little stories. Anecdotal evidence is based on hearsay rather than hard facts. People like to share stories about things that happened to them, or that they heard about, to make a point. That kind of talk is anecdotal: based on small, personal accounts. Anecdotal stories are helpful when you’re trying to give an example of something, but there's a downside to anecdotal information: since it’s not based on facts, you never know if you can totally trust it. So it's best to go beyond the anecdotal and get more solid information. WORD FAMILYanecdotal: anecdotally+/anecdote: anecdotal, anecdotes, anecdotic, anecdotical, anecdotist/anecdotic: anecdotically/anecdotist: anecdotists USAGE EXAMPLESIts prevalence in Africa is unknown, but anecdotally it is thought to be increasing there too. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The following is anecdotal and must be weighted as such. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) But that information would need lots of interpretive work to produce anything more than anecdotal curiosities. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj having the character of an anecdote anecdotal evidence 2adj characterized by or given to telling anecdotes anecdotal conversation an anecdotal history of jazz Syn anecdotic, anecdotical communicative, communicatory able or tending to communicate |
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