[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]传闻的;轶事的Anecdotal evidence is based on individual accounts, rather than on reliable research or statistics, and so may not be valid.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that sales in Europe have slipped.
传闻有证据表明欧洲的销售量已经下滑。
...countless anecdotal reports.
无数的八卦消息
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](讲演或写作)含轶事的,多轶闻的Anecdotal speech or writing is full of anecdotes or is based on anecdotes.
Gray's book is anecdotal and entertaining.
格雷的书中尽是些八卦消息,颇具娱乐性。
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an·ec·dotal/ˌænɪkˈdəʊtl; NAmEˌænɪkˈdoʊtl/adjectivebased on anecdotesand possibly not true or accurate 佚事的;趣闻的;传闻的◆anecdotal evidence传闻的证据▶an·ec·dot·al·ly/ˌænɪkˈdəʊtəli; NAmEˌænɪkˈdoʊtəli/adverb◆This reaction has been reported anecdotally by a number of patients.一些患者据称有这种反应。an·ec·dotal/ˌænɪkˈdəʊtl; NAmEˌænɪkˈdoʊtl/an·ec·dot·al·ly/ˌænɪkˈdəʊtəli; NAmEˌænɪkˈdoʊtəli/