anecdotal evidence

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。

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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。

This accords with anecdotal evidence that people often yawn in situations where they are neither tired nor bored, but are preparing for impending mental and physical activity.

这与坊间流传的证据相符，即人们常会在既不累也不无聊的情况下打哈欠，只是为即将到来的精神和身体活动做准备。