nostrum单词什么意思_nostrum单词解释 nostrum的反义词nostrum的例句

名词妙策; 骗人的疗法，有专利权的药品

1. 万应灵药,传家宝：nasal 鼻的, 鼻音的 | nostrum 万应灵药,传家宝 | haven 避难所;安全的地方

2. 秘方：nostomania 怀乡狂 | nostrum 秘方 | notability 值得注意

3. 秘方、骗人的假药：特敏福Tamiflu | 秘方、骗人的假药nostrum | 能改善因血液循环不足而导致的疾病can relieve symptoms caused by insufficient blood circulation

4. 妙方：nostrilnaresnaris 鼻孔 | nostrum 妙方 | nostrumofficinal 成药

1. (尤指老式的或有欠缺的)解决方案;未必奏效的计策
You can refer to ideas or theories about how something should be done as nostrums, especially when you think they are old-fashioned or wrong in some way.

e.g. ...clinging to the nostrums of the dying century.
对上世纪的招数紧抓不放

2. (未经科学证明有效的)灵丹妙药，神药
If you refer to a medicine as a nostrum, you mean that it is not effective or has not been tested in a proper scientific way.

e.g. ...pills, tablets, and other nostrums claiming to be magic potions.
声称包治百病的药丸、药片和其他灵丹妙药

noun

1. patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable

2. hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
once sought by the alchemists

Synonym: panaceacatholiconcure-all