Anecdote

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n. (名詞 noun)[C]



          1.    軼事,趣聞

                      She told us anecdotes about the hospital and the patients.

                      她告訴我有關這家醫院及病人的趣聞軼事。

          2.    祕史,祕聞[P1]





The Columbia Guide to Standard American English

 

anecdote, antidote (nn.)   

 

The initial and final syllables are identical, but only the inexperienced would be likely to confuse these words. 



An anecdote (AN-ek-dot) is“a short narrative,”and 



an antidote (AN-ti-dot) is“a remedy that counteracts a poison or anything else injurious.”



Antidote combines with to, against, and for: Music can be an antidote to [for, against] gloom.