单词 | anecdotal |
释义 | anecdotal —anecdotalism, n. —anecdotally, adv. /an"ik doht'l, an'ik doht"l/, adj. 1. pertaining to, resembling, or containing anecdotes: an anecdotal history of jazz. 2. (of the treatment of subject matter in representational art) pertaining to the relationship of figures or to the arrangement of elements in a scene so as to emphasize the story content of a subject. Cf. narrative (def. 6). 3. based on personal observation, case study reports, or random investigations rather than systematic scientific evaluation: anecdotal evidence. [1830-40; ANECDOTE + -AL1] |
随便看 |
英语词典包含168451条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。