【anecdote】 - A-level备考词汇

anecdote

UK:  ['ænɪk.dəʊt]

US:  ['ænək.doʊt]

复数：anecdotes  

n.

1.轶事,轶闻,奇闻,故事,趣谈,内幕新闻

2.逸话,轶事,掌故,奇闻;秘史

3.轶事;趣闻

4.逸事

1 . Been very careful to leave out of any story, anecdote, or gossip about the town.
很小心得躲过镇上的任何传说，轶事，闲话。

2 . To be certain, the contraband rice trade is at this point simply an anecdote, however widely bandied about in the grain market.
诚然，无论在粮食市场上如何传得沸沸扬扬，水稻走私贸易目前还只是传闻轶事。

3 . There is another version about this anecdote which says that Chruchill had nothing on when he heard someone knocking at the door.
对于这则轶事，有另外的记载，说是丘吉尔赤着身子时，听到有人敲门。

4 . This devotion is the reason that the traditions of southern India represent him as celibate (see the anecdote Devotion to his mother).
这种热爱的原因就是南印度的传统把甘尼萨描绘成一位独身者（看看他献身于他母亲的秩事）。

5 . Every time he does something horrendous, think how much you will enjoy retelling the anecdote later on.
每当他做出一些可怕的事情，就想一想你随后讲述这段轶事的时候将是多么有趣。