anecdotal

🇬🇧/ˌænɪkˈdəʊt(ə)l/ 🇺🇸/ˌænɪkˈdoʊt(ə)l/
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Anecdotal evidence is based on individual accounts, rather than on reliable research or statistics, and so may not be valid. 轶闻的

adjective [原级] 轶事的,传闻的

Anecdotal evidence suggests that sales in the Southwest have slipped. 传闻的证据表明西南部的销售量有所下滑。

后缀: al 【adjective】 表示具有某种性质的 - indicating pertaining to or characterized by 原词: anecdotal 是通过后缀 【al】 构成的派生词
来自anecdote(n. 轶事)
单词造句:
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Advocates of the practice have taken issue with his team's use of anecdotal evidence like news accounts to support his conclusion that goal setting is widely over-prescribed. 支持这种做法的人对他团队使用如新闻报道等轶事证据来支持他的结论提出了异议,他的结论是目标设定被过分夸大。
Nevertheless, anecdotal reports of wind pollination in cycads cannot be ignored. 然而,一些关于苏铁风媒传粉的传闻也不容忽视。