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1. anecdote
story
tale
She told us a very amusing anecdote about him.
The story goes that he has made a fortune.
I’ll tell you a tale/story about three bears.
关于真人真事的轶事、趣闻。
为娱乐或知识写成或讲出的真实或虚幻的故事。
具有文学性的虚构的传说或童话。
2. annual
①每年的,一年一次的;
A birthday is an annual event.
The exhibition is held annually.
②一年的,按年度计算的
What is your annual/yearly income?
注:annual n. 年鉴,年刊
a. (=yearly)
3. witness
① n. 目击者,见证人(to/of); 证人/证物(to/of);
She was the only witness/eyewitness to the murder.
She is a living witness to my honest.
His ragged clothes were a witness to/of his poverty.
※a witness for/against sb对某人有利/不利的证人
※ bear witness to/of... 为...作证
I bear witness to having seen the gun.
His DNA finger prints bore witness to his guilt.
※bear/give false witness作伪证
② vt. 目睹;是发生…的地点(时间,组织等)
vi. 作证,证明(to sth/doing sth)
vt/vi (某事)成为...证据
At least 15 people witnessed the accident.
Recent years have witnessed a growing social mobility.
近年来,人们的社会流动性越来越大。
He witnessed to having seen th