anecdotal

anecdote 

[ˈænikdəut]

n.

掌故, 趣闻, 轶事

He told one or two amusing anecdotes about his years as a policeman.

他讲述了一两桩他当警察时的趣事。

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1.	He departs from the text to tell an anecdote.
	他没讲课文而讲了一段轶事。
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2.	Now the snag in this sort of anecdote is of course that one cannot distinguish cause and effect.
	当然，这类奇闻中的疑难处当然在于人们无法区别因与果。
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3.	Defining anecdote On France's Spitting Image-style puppet show Messier is depicted as a baby with a business brain.
	有代表性的趣闻在法国一年一度的模拟真人木偶秀中，米歇尔被塑造成为一个有着商业头脑的婴儿形象。
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4.	Allowing people to savor his personality (which is the real purpose of a whistle-stop) while thawing them out with an anecdote.
	用一则轶事把人们的情绪缓和下来，同时让人们贪图他的风度（这就是短暂露面的真正目的）。
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5.	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。
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6.	The above anecdote serves to remind us that it is imperative for translators and interpreters to be aware of the differences between peoples and cultures.
	以上的例子提醒我们，翻译员和通译员必须意识到不同种族和宗教之间的差异。
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7.	An anecdote recounts the 1985 official trip to Washington, DC where State Secretary George Shultz asked Lee to convince President Ronald Reagan that his old friend Ferdinand Marcos was then the problem of the Philippines, not the solution.
	李光耀叙述他在1985年到华盛顿作正式访问时，当时的美国国务卿舒尔茨要求他说服里根总统，告诉后者他的老朋友马可斯是菲律宾问题的症结所在，不是解决问题的答案。
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anecdotal  

[ˌænikˈdəutl]

adj.

轶事的, 趣闻的

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1.	anecdotal conversation; an anectodal history of jazz; he was at his anecdotic best
	专讲逸闻趣事的交谈；爵士乐逸史；他正大讲逸闻趣事
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2.	"Concern." is the message on the Internet, affectionate, teasing and anecdotal, yet merely black print on white screen. It is not the golden tones, the warm smile or even the disapproving frown one wants to hear and see.
	“关心”是因特网上的一个讯息，——深情、撒娇、趣事，只是白色屏幕上的黑色字眼而已，而不是你想听到的清脆的声音，想看到的温情的微笑，甚至因不赞同而蹙眉的表情。