anecdote
n. 轶事，趣闻；传闻
复数 anecdotes或anecdota
例句
There is, as Robert Rubin, the treasury secretary, says, a "disjunction" between the mass of business anecdote that points to a leap in productivity and the picture reflected by the statistics.
正如美国财长罗伯特·鲁宾所言，在指向生产率飞跃的大量商业轶事与统计数据所反映的情况之间存在着“脱节”。
This research is based on anecdote not fact.
这项研究的根据是传闻而非事实。
《牛津词典》
Pete was telling them an anecdote about their mother.
皮特正告诉他们一个关于他们母亲的趣闻轶事。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
