
n.軼事;奇聞
He departs from the text to tell an anecdote. 他沒(méi)講課文而講了一段軼事。
He preceded his lecture with a humorous anecdote. 他以一個(gè)幽默的軼事開(kāi)始他的演說(shuō)
It had never been more than a family anecdote. 那不過(guò)是個(gè)家庭趣談罷了。
anecdote的基本意思是指不見(jiàn)于正式記載、鮮為人知的傳聞趣事,有時(shí)統(tǒng)指一切軼事。
anecdote可接介詞 of, about, concerning 或 in regard to引出軼事涉及的內(nèi)容。