英语词汇“anecdote”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A short, amusing true story is an anecdote. You might come back from a crazy spring break with a lot of anecdotes to tell.

The roots of anecdote lie in the Greek word anekdota, meaning "unpublished." The word's original sense in English was "secret or private stories" — tales not fit for print, so to speak. It can still have connotations of unreliability, as in the phrase "anecdotal information." But the most common sense today is that of "a funny story about something that happened."

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

anecdote / antidote

An anecdote is a funny little story; an antidote counteracts poison. Tell someone an anecdote about your close encounter with a rattlesnake and how the cute park ranger had to get you the antidote for snake venom right away.

An anecdote is a story someone tells about themselves or people they know. It's often short and unreliable. That rattlesnake encounter? Well, maybe you embellished a bit — you saw a rattlesnake, but it didn't bite you. Anecdotes can be true or false; they're revealing little tales:

All the little anecdotes I had heard of him pleased me very much. (Miranda Eliot Swan)

The pages are thick with freaky anecdotes: One patient suffers permanent brain damage after an anesthesiologist causes him to nearly suffocate. (Washington Post)

Mr. Smith offered only anecdotes to back his beliefs. (New York Times)

An antidote cures what ails you. It's an actual counteragent to a poison, like snake venom. It's what you need if your wife tries to kill you, like poor Wang below, or when you just need to turn that frown upside down:

Then he told the physician there was only one way to save Wang's life — an antidote called Prussian Blue. (Daily Mail.uk)

Forced blossoms are an antidote to the gloomy winter months (Digthedirt.com)

An anecdote is a memoir sound bite, a little story. They're fun, but they don't change your destiny. But antidote, is anti-poison, so dote on situations that require antidotes — your life may be on the line.

WORD FAMILY

anecdote: anecdotal, anecdotes, anecdotic, anecdotical, anecdotist+/anecdotal: anecdotally/anecdotic: anecdotically/anecdotist: anecdotists

USAGE EXAMPLES

Shore giggled at the anecdote and said Michaels still quotes his father’s phrase as a sign-off from phone calls.

Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)

Maybe no other anecdote is more telling than her response when asked whether she would be interested in coaching the Tennessee men’s team.

The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016)

The anecdote sparked a brief media frenzy as gossip writers and others sought to track down Sasha's Snapchat account, but to no avail.

单词	anecdote
释义	anecdote (once / 484 pages) n A short, amusing true story is an anecdote. You might come back from a crazy spring break with a lot of anecdotes to tell. The roots of anecdote lie in the Greek word anekdota, meaning "unpublished." The word's original sense in English was "secret or private stories" — tales not fit for print, so to speak. It can still have connotations of unreliability, as in the phrase "anecdotal information." But the most common sense today is that of "a funny story about something that happened." CHOOSE YOUR WORDS anecdote / antidote An anecdote is a funny little story; an antidote counteracts poison. Tell someone an anecdote about your close encounter with a rattlesnake and how the cute park ranger had to get you the antidote for snake venom right away. An anecdote is a story someone tells about themselves or people they know. It's often short and unreliable. That rattlesnake encounter? Well, maybe you embellished a bit — you saw a rattlesnake, but it didn't bite you. Anecdotes can be true or false; they're revealing little tales: All the little anecdotes I had heard of him pleased me very much. (Miranda Eliot Swan) The pages are thick with freaky anecdotes: One patient suffers permanent brain damage after an anesthesiologist causes him to nearly suffocate. (Washington Post) Mr. Smith offered only anecdotes to back his beliefs. (New York Times) An antidote cures what ails you. It's an actual counteragent to a poison, like snake venom. It's what you need if your wife tries to kill you, like poor Wang below, or when you just need to turn that frown upside down: Then he told the physician there was only one way to save Wang's life — an antidote called Prussian Blue. (Daily Mail.uk) Forced blossoms are an antidote to the gloomy winter months (Digthedirt.com) An anecdote is a memoir sound bite, a little story. They're fun, but they don't change your destiny. But antidote, is anti-poison, so dote on situations that require antidotes — your life may be on the line. WORD FAMILY anecdote: anecdotal, anecdotes, anecdotic, anecdotical, anecdotist+/anecdotal: anecdotally/anecdotic: anecdotically/anecdotist: anecdotists USAGE EXAMPLES Shore giggled at the anecdote and said Michaels still quotes his father’s phrase as a sign-off from phone calls. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Maybe no other anecdote is more telling than her response when asked whether she would be interested in coaching the Tennessee men’s team. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) The anecdote sparked a brief media frenzy as gossip writers and others sought to track down Sasha's Snapchat account, but to no avail. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) n short account of an incident (especially a biographical one) Hyper account, report the act of informing by verbal report
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