| 词汇 | anecdotal |
| 释义 | anecdotal adjective uk /ˌæn.ɪkˈdəʊ.təl/ us /ˌæn.ɪkˈdoʊ.t̬əl/ Anecdotal information is not based on facts or careful study: 趣闻的，轶事的;传闻的 anecdotal evidence趣闻轶事式的证据 Gossip and rumour a fishing expeditionidiom a little bird told meidiom bird bush telegraph dig for dirt dirt ear exposure gossip hearsay lip on everyone's lipsidiom peddle reportedly say-so scandal scaremongering snippety swirl your ears must be burningidiom anecdotal | American Dictionaryanecdotal adjective[ not gradable ] us/ˌæn·ɪkˈdoʊ·t̬əl/ based on reports or things someone saw rather than on proven facts: There is only anecdotal evidence that the medicine works. Examples of anecdotalanecdotal Anecdotal evidence on the point is not difficult to gather. Some evidence, considered quite compelling by many scholars, is actually rather anecdotal in nature. This is partly (but not entirely) a matter of anecdotal and inelegant style : the book badly needs an editor. Section 5 gives some anecdotal reports from student feedback. Anecdotal evidence suggests some others - expressions of responsibility, of concern, of validating the interests of the audience. The work done thus far on these constructions (and in construal literature in general), however, has been based almost entirely on invented or anecdotal examples. Neither reports, however, reported statistical evidence of their anecdotal observations. With the significant exception of histories of nervous transmission, published sources are unsystematic, scattered, and often anecdotal. They may appear anecdotal, but are susceptible to rigorous game-theoretic analysis in terms of context-specific game models. Anecdotal observations have been made of autoimmune disease remission in patients who have undergone allogeneic bone marrow transplantation as a result of coincidental haematological malignancies. In addition to such figures, other anecdotal indicators also show an increase in private sector participation in the economy. Information about the proportion of imprints to manuscripts in these collections appears, with just a few exceptions, to be anecdotal. The theoretical or anecdotal discussion of new action and participation repertoires has also been supported by an empirical agenda. There is anecdotal evidence that the latter is already happening. As a result, these decisions have usually been based on the author's gut-level impressions and anecdotal evidence of how speakers and writers use language. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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