Definition of anecdote in English:

anecdote

nounˈanɪkdəʊtˈænəkˌdoʊt

1A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
轶事，趣闻
he told anecdotes about his job
他讲了有关他工作的趣闻。
Example sentencesExamples
- It is a fascinating read, full of interesting information and funny anecdotes.
- No funny stories, no amusing anecdotes just a proud Dad sending his baby off into the big wide world of further education.
- I've made enough speeches to know that you're supposed to connect with the audience by telling a joke or a humorous anecdote or some amusing tale.
- His witty introductions, funny stories and anecdotes kept the crowds smiling throughout.
- This is staged documentary, its narrative gleaned from personal statements, in essence, a theatre of personal anecdote, performance art on an operatic scale.
- The book is full of short, interesting anecdotes which capture a moment in time.
- The story was based on an anecdote - a true incident that I had heard from Professor B. Buchshtab.
- Bennett's memoir is full of crucial technical insights into Broadway and Hollywood practice, but by way of instructive anecdote rather than structured discussion.
- The appeal of Resnick's account is enhanced by the lure of Bohemia, which he and Passlof enrich with anecdote and intertwine with aesthetics and social history.
- The train journey from London to the North is described not just a train journey but as a repository of stories and anecdotes.
- The novel is packed with incident and anecdote and although mainly realist in style borrows some of the familiar techniques of Garcia Marquez's magic realism.
- Relying on argument or anecdote for their appeal, these books included only a handful of indifferently reproduced black-and-white plates.
- He was widely known for his warmth, generosity, and modesty, and for his fund of humorous and interesting anecdotes.
- There is satire, particularly in the rather tedious Book II, but there is also all the wit, anecdote and engaging thought of good conversation.
- The playwright had to approach the struggle to subdue the tangle of confusing anecdote knowing what lesson he wanted it to teach and prepared to discard, distort, and invent in order to present his own version of the meaning of history.
- Though it is an amusing anecdote, this detail touches on a small but potentially crucial peculiarity in the current international emergency.
- It mingles facts and figures with anecdotes and stories in short sections which are listed alphabetically.
- He had led an interesting life and was full of amusing stories and anecdotes, all of which he told with enthusiasm.
- She suggests, more importantly, that public figures like Jonathan Clarke become more comprehensible when connected to domestic and personal memoir and anecdote.
- Full of personal anecdotes and hilarious stories, the exact running order of the show is likely to change on a nightly basis.
- Cultural differences are not just amusing anecdotes, but can have a real impact with real consequences.
Synonyms
story, tale, narrative, sketch
urban myth
reminiscence
informal yarn, shaggy-dog story
1. 1.1 An account regarded as unreliable or hearsay.
  传闻
  mass noun his wife's death has long been the subject of rumour and anecdote
  他老婆的死长久以来一直是谣言和传闻的主题。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Hearsay, anecdote and tall tales says that it is possible, that this is just words until it happens to you.
  The evidence that supports this theory is hearsay anecdotes going back thousands of years.
  There was no attempt to relate this experience to the architecture of the seven in any systematic way and Muthesius has to fall back on anecdote - to which I can add my penn'orth.
  On the Web site, in the e-mails of targeted professors, one finds a whole fuzzy world of impression and anecdote, of passionate conviction and hurt feelings.
  Some ‘off licence’ indications are substantiated by some evidence, but its efficacy in several other conditions is based on anecdote and observations made in small numbers of patients.
  3 The form or ‘factitiousness’ of the anecdote provides the shape and the subjectivity of the account.
  There are areas within the report that we believe are based on untested and unreliable individual anecdotes.
  I think this anecdote provides a good example of the limitations confronting a contemporary labour historian who is trying to provide the most honest, accurate account possible.
  The distance between an amusing anecdote and thing that happened can be measured in kilometres.
  Natural healthcare tools have included the use of foods, herbs and remedies derived from nature, and their use has evolved independently in diverse cultures using both anecdote and experimentation.
  If we could keep to addressing the issues rather than dealing in personalities and anecdote, we probably stand a better chance of not getting moved to the Conversation, literally or metaphorically.
2. 1.2mass noun The depiction of a minor narrative incident in a painting.
  （绘画）轶事描述
  the use of inversions of hierarchy, anecdote, and paradox by Magritte, Dali, and others
  Example sentencesExamples
  His vision of the landscape was subjected to dreamy sentimentalism and romantic anecdote, rather than being acknowledged for its experimentalism and social content.
  A pupil of Domenichino, he was most in sympathy with classical art, but he also appreciated the Baroque, and enriched his narratives with anecdote and vivid detail.
  Burns's handmade tableaux - in style and use of narrative anecdote - are similar to the work of fellow Houstonian, Bill Davenport.
  He was a huge fan of Dutch art, stuffed with incident and anecdote.
  Now, however, we can appreciate the subtlety and unexpectedness of his framing, and the complex interplay he so often achieves between anecdote and form.
  In art, the lure of anecdote always presents serious risks, and a good deal of nineteenth century American art succumbed to that drive to explain and amuse.

Derivatives

anecdotic

adjective-ˈdɒtɪk

anecdotist

noun

Origin

Late 17th century: from French, or via modern Latin from Greek anekdota 'things unpublished', from an- 'not' + ekdotos, from ekdidōnai 'publish'.

This is from Greek anekdota ‘things unpublished’. The word came to be used for any short story as a result of its use by Byzantine historian Procopius (c.500–c.562) for his Anekdota or ‘Unpublished Memoirs’ (also known as The Secret History) of the Emperor Justinian, which were tales of the private life of the court.

Definition of anecdote in US English:

anecdote

nounˈanəkˌdōtˈænəkˌdoʊt

1A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
轶事，趣闻
told anecdotes about his job
他讲了有关他工作的趣闻。
he had a rich store of anecdotes
他有一肚子趣闻轶事。
Example sentencesExamples
- It is a fascinating read, full of interesting information and funny anecdotes.
- The train journey from London to the North is described not just a train journey but as a repository of stories and anecdotes.
- Full of personal anecdotes and hilarious stories, the exact running order of the show is likely to change on a nightly basis.
- She suggests, more importantly, that public figures like Jonathan Clarke become more comprehensible when connected to domestic and personal memoir and anecdote.
- Cultural differences are not just amusing anecdotes, but can have a real impact with real consequences.
- The book is full of short, interesting anecdotes which capture a moment in time.
- Relying on argument or anecdote for their appeal, these books included only a handful of indifferently reproduced black-and-white plates.
- It mingles facts and figures with anecdotes and stories in short sections which are listed alphabetically.
- Though it is an amusing anecdote, this detail touches on a small but potentially crucial peculiarity in the current international emergency.
- The appeal of Resnick's account is enhanced by the lure of Bohemia, which he and Passlof enrich with anecdote and intertwine with aesthetics and social history.
- No funny stories, no amusing anecdotes just a proud Dad sending his baby off into the big wide world of further education.
- There is satire, particularly in the rather tedious Book II, but there is also all the wit, anecdote and engaging thought of good conversation.
- The playwright had to approach the struggle to subdue the tangle of confusing anecdote knowing what lesson he wanted it to teach and prepared to discard, distort, and invent in order to present his own version of the meaning of history.
- Bennett's memoir is full of crucial technical insights into Broadway and Hollywood practice, but by way of instructive anecdote rather than structured discussion.
- This is staged documentary, its narrative gleaned from personal statements, in essence, a theatre of personal anecdote, performance art on an operatic scale.
- The novel is packed with incident and anecdote and although mainly realist in style borrows some of the familiar techniques of Garcia Marquez's magic realism.
- The story was based on an anecdote - a true incident that I had heard from Professor B. Buchshtab.
- He had led an interesting life and was full of amusing stories and anecdotes, all of which he told with enthusiasm.
- I've made enough speeches to know that you're supposed to connect with the audience by telling a joke or a humorous anecdote or some amusing tale.
- His witty introductions, funny stories and anecdotes kept the crowds smiling throughout.
- He was widely known for his warmth, generosity, and modesty, and for his fund of humorous and interesting anecdotes.
Synonyms
story, tale, narrative, sketch
1. 1.1 An account regarded as unreliable or hearsay.
  传闻
  his wife's death has long been the subject of rumor and anecdote
  他老婆的死长久以来一直是谣言和传闻的主题。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The evidence that supports this theory is hearsay anecdotes going back thousands of years.
  The distance between an amusing anecdote and thing that happened can be measured in kilometres.
  I think this anecdote provides a good example of the limitations confronting a contemporary labour historian who is trying to provide the most honest, accurate account possible.
  3 The form or ‘factitiousness’ of the anecdote provides the shape and the subjectivity of the account.
  Some ‘off licence’ indications are substantiated by some evidence, but its efficacy in several other conditions is based on anecdote and observations made in small numbers of patients.
  On the Web site, in the e-mails of targeted professors, one finds a whole fuzzy world of impression and anecdote, of passionate conviction and hurt feelings.
  Natural healthcare tools have included the use of foods, herbs and remedies derived from nature, and their use has evolved independently in diverse cultures using both anecdote and experimentation.
  There was no attempt to relate this experience to the architecture of the seven in any systematic way and Muthesius has to fall back on anecdote - to which I can add my penn'orth.
  There are areas within the report that we believe are based on untested and unreliable individual anecdotes.
  If we could keep to addressing the issues rather than dealing in personalities and anecdote, we probably stand a better chance of not getting moved to the Conversation, literally or metaphorically.
  Hearsay, anecdote and tall tales says that it is possible, that this is just words until it happens to you.
2. 1.2 The depiction of a minor narrative incident in a painting.
  （绘画）轶事描述
  Example sentencesExamples
  In art, the lure of anecdote always presents serious risks, and a good deal of nineteenth century American art succumbed to that drive to explain and amuse.
  Burns's handmade tableaux - in style and use of narrative anecdote - are similar to the work of fellow Houstonian, Bill Davenport.
  A pupil of Domenichino, he was most in sympathy with classical art, but he also appreciated the Baroque, and enriched his narratives with anecdote and vivid detail.
  His vision of the landscape was subjected to dreamy sentimentalism and romantic anecdote, rather than being acknowledged for its experimentalism and social content.
  Now, however, we can appreciate the subtlety and unexpectedness of his framing, and the complex interplay he so often achieves between anecdote and form.
  He was a huge fan of Dutch art, stuffed with incident and anecdote.

Origin

Late 17th century: from French, or via modern Latin from Greek anekdota ‘things unpublished’, from an- ‘not’ + ekdotos, from ekdidōnai ‘publish’.

词汇	anecdote
释义	Definition of anecdote in English: anecdote nounˈanɪkdəʊtˈænəkˌdoʊt 1A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. 轶事，趣闻 he told anecdotes about his job 他讲了有关他工作的趣闻。 Example sentencesExamples It is a fascinating read, full of interesting information and funny anecdotes. No funny stories, no amusing anecdotes just a proud Dad sending his baby off into the big wide world of further education. I've made enough speeches to know that you're supposed to connect with the audience by telling a joke or a humorous anecdote or some amusing tale. His witty introductions, funny stories and anecdotes kept the crowds smiling throughout. This is staged documentary, its narrative gleaned from personal statements, in essence, a theatre of personal anecdote, performance art on an operatic scale. The book is full of short, interesting anecdotes which capture a moment in time. The story was based on an anecdote - a true incident that I had heard from Professor B. Buchshtab. Bennett's memoir is full of crucial technical insights into Broadway and Hollywood practice, but by way of instructive anecdote rather than structured discussion. The appeal of Resnick's account is enhanced by the lure of Bohemia, which he and Passlof enrich with anecdote and intertwine with aesthetics and social history. The train journey from London to the North is described not just a train journey but as a repository of stories and anecdotes. The novel is packed with incident and anecdote and although mainly realist in style borrows some of the familiar techniques of Garcia Marquez's magic realism. Relying on argument or anecdote for their appeal, these books included only a handful of indifferently reproduced black-and-white plates. He was widely known for his warmth, generosity, and modesty, and for his fund of humorous and interesting anecdotes. There is satire, particularly in the rather tedious Book II, but there is also all the wit, anecdote and engaging thought of good conversation. The playwright had to approach the struggle to subdue the tangle of confusing anecdote knowing what lesson he wanted it to teach and prepared to discard, distort, and invent in order to present his own version of the meaning of history. Though it is an amusing anecdote, this detail touches on a small but potentially crucial peculiarity in the current international emergency. It mingles facts and figures with anecdotes and stories in short sections which are listed alphabetically. He had led an interesting life and was full of amusing stories and anecdotes, all of which he told with enthusiasm. She suggests, more importantly, that public figures like Jonathan Clarke become more comprehensible when connected to domestic and personal memoir and anecdote. Full of personal anecdotes and hilarious stories, the exact running order of the show is likely to change on a nightly basis. Cultural differences are not just amusing anecdotes, but can have a real impact with real consequences. Synonyms story, tale, narrative, sketch urban myth reminiscence informal yarn, shaggy-dog story 1.1 An account regarded as unreliable or hearsay. 传闻 mass noun his wife's death has long been the subject of rumour and anecdote 他老婆的死长久以来一直是谣言和传闻的主题。 Example sentencesExamples Hearsay, anecdote and tall tales says that it is possible, that this is just words until it happens to you. The evidence that supports this theory is hearsay anecdotes going back thousands of years. There was no attempt to relate this experience to the architecture of the seven in any systematic way and Muthesius has to fall back on anecdote - to which I can add my penn'orth. On the Web site, in the e-mails of targeted professors, one finds a whole fuzzy world of impression and anecdote, of passionate conviction and hurt feelings. Some ‘off licence’ indications are substantiated by some evidence, but its efficacy in several other conditions is based on anecdote and observations made in small numbers of patients. 3 The form or ‘factitiousness’ of the anecdote provides the shape and the subjectivity of the account. There are areas within the report that we believe are based on untested and unreliable individual anecdotes. I think this anecdote provides a good example of the limitations confronting a contemporary labour historian who is trying to provide the most honest, accurate account possible. The distance between an amusing anecdote and thing that happened can be measured in kilometres. Natural healthcare tools have included the use of foods, herbs and remedies derived from nature, and their use has evolved independently in diverse cultures using both anecdote and experimentation. If we could keep to addressing the issues rather than dealing in personalities and anecdote, we probably stand a better chance of not getting moved to the Conversation, literally or metaphorically. 1.2mass noun The depiction of a minor narrative incident in a painting. （绘画）轶事描述 the use of inversions of hierarchy, anecdote, and paradox by Magritte, Dali, and others Example sentencesExamples His vision of the landscape was subjected to dreamy sentimentalism and romantic anecdote, rather than being acknowledged for its experimentalism and social content. A pupil of Domenichino, he was most in sympathy with classical art, but he also appreciated the Baroque, and enriched his narratives with anecdote and vivid detail. Burns's handmade tableaux - in style and use of narrative anecdote - are similar to the work of fellow Houstonian, Bill Davenport. He was a huge fan of Dutch art, stuffed with incident and anecdote. Now, however, we can appreciate the subtlety and unexpectedness of his framing, and the complex interplay he so often achieves between anecdote and form. In art, the lure of anecdote always presents serious risks, and a good deal of nineteenth century American art succumbed to that drive to explain and amuse. Derivatives anecdotic adjective-ˈdɒtɪk anecdotist noun Origin Late 17th century: from French, or via modern Latin from Greek anekdota 'things unpublished', from an- 'not' + ekdotos, from ekdidōnai 'publish'. This is from Greek anekdota ‘things unpublished’. The word came to be used for any short story as a result of its use by Byzantine historian Procopius (c.500–c.562) for his Anekdota or ‘Unpublished Memoirs’ (also known as The Secret History) of the Emperor Justinian, which were tales of the private life of the court. Definition of anecdote in US English: anecdote nounˈanəkˌdōtˈænəkˌdoʊt 1A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. 轶事，趣闻 told anecdotes about his job 他讲了有关他工作的趣闻。 he had a rich store of anecdotes 他有一肚子趣闻轶事。 Example sentencesExamples It is a fascinating read, full of interesting information and funny anecdotes. The train journey from London to the North is described not just a train journey but as a repository of stories and anecdotes. Full of personal anecdotes and hilarious stories, the exact running order of the show is likely to change on a nightly basis. She suggests, more importantly, that public figures like Jonathan Clarke become more comprehensible when connected to domestic and personal memoir and anecdote. Cultural differences are not just amusing anecdotes, but can have a real impact with real consequences. The book is full of short, interesting anecdotes which capture a moment in time. Relying on argument or anecdote for their appeal, these books included only a handful of indifferently reproduced black-and-white plates. It mingles facts and figures with anecdotes and stories in short sections which are listed alphabetically. Though it is an amusing anecdote, this detail touches on a small but potentially crucial peculiarity in the current international emergency. The appeal of Resnick's account is enhanced by the lure of Bohemia, which he and Passlof enrich with anecdote and intertwine with aesthetics and social history. No funny stories, no amusing anecdotes just a proud Dad sending his baby off into the big wide world of further education. There is satire, particularly in the rather tedious Book II, but there is also all the wit, anecdote and engaging thought of good conversation. The playwright had to approach the struggle to subdue the tangle of confusing anecdote knowing what lesson he wanted it to teach and prepared to discard, distort, and invent in order to present his own version of the meaning of history. Bennett's memoir is full of crucial technical insights into Broadway and Hollywood practice, but by way of instructive anecdote rather than structured discussion. This is staged documentary, its narrative gleaned from personal statements, in essence, a theatre of personal anecdote, performance art on an operatic scale. The novel is packed with incident and anecdote and although mainly realist in style borrows some of the familiar techniques of Garcia Marquez's magic realism. The story was based on an anecdote - a true incident that I had heard from Professor B. Buchshtab. He had led an interesting life and was full of amusing stories and anecdotes, all of which he told with enthusiasm. I've made enough speeches to know that you're supposed to connect with the audience by telling a joke or a humorous anecdote or some amusing tale. His witty introductions, funny stories and anecdotes kept the crowds smiling throughout. He was widely known for his warmth, generosity, and modesty, and for his fund of humorous and interesting anecdotes. Synonyms story, tale, narrative, sketch 1.1 An account regarded as unreliable or hearsay. 传闻 his wife's death has long been the subject of rumor and anecdote 他老婆的死长久以来一直是谣言和传闻的主题。 Example sentencesExamples The evidence that supports this theory is hearsay anecdotes going back thousands of years. The distance between an amusing anecdote and thing that happened can be measured in kilometres. I think this anecdote provides a good example of the limitations confronting a contemporary labour historian who is trying to provide the most honest, accurate account possible. 3 The form or ‘factitiousness’ of the anecdote provides the shape and the subjectivity of the account. Some ‘off licence’ indications are substantiated by some evidence, but its efficacy in several other conditions is based on anecdote and observations made in small numbers of patients. On the Web site, in the e-mails of targeted professors, one finds a whole fuzzy world of impression and anecdote, of passionate conviction and hurt feelings. Natural healthcare tools have included the use of foods, herbs and remedies derived from nature, and their use has evolved independently in diverse cultures using both anecdote and experimentation. There was no attempt to relate this experience to the architecture of the seven in any systematic way and Muthesius has to fall back on anecdote - to which I can add my penn'orth. There are areas within the report that we believe are based on untested and unreliable individual anecdotes. If we could keep to addressing the issues rather than dealing in personalities and anecdote, we probably stand a better chance of not getting moved to the Conversation, literally or metaphorically. Hearsay, anecdote and tall tales says that it is possible, that this is just words until it happens to you. 1.2 The depiction of a minor narrative incident in a painting. （绘画）轶事描述 Example sentencesExamples In art, the lure of anecdote always presents serious risks, and a good deal of nineteenth century American art succumbed to that drive to explain and amuse. Burns's handmade tableaux - in style and use of narrative anecdote - are similar to the work of fellow Houstonian, Bill Davenport. A pupil of Domenichino, he was most in sympathy with classical art, but he also appreciated the Baroque, and enriched his narratives with anecdote and vivid detail. His vision of the landscape was subjected to dreamy sentimentalism and romantic anecdote, rather than being acknowledged for its experimentalism and social content. Now, however, we can appreciate the subtlety and unexpectedness of his framing, and the complex interplay he so often achieves between anecdote and form. He was a huge fan of Dutch art, stuffed with incident and anecdote. Origin Late 17th century: from French, or via modern Latin from Greek anekdota ‘things unpublished’, from an- ‘not’ + ekdotos, from ekdidōnai ‘publish’.
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