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nostrum
英['nɒstrəm] 美['nɑːstrəm]
单词基本解释
n.秘方;骗人特效药;万灵药;妙策
英英释义
Noun:
  1. hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists

  2. patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable

词典解释

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 asnostrums, 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 anostrum, 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

网络解释

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. nostrum的意思

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

例句
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例句
He told the patient that he had a nostrum.

他告诉病人他有秘方。

...clinging to the nostrums of the dying century.

对上世纪的招数紧抓不放

...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

He told the patient that he had a nostrum.

他告诉病人他有秘方.

Some nostrum peddled as a cure for unemployment.

鼓吹可解决失业问题的妙策.

经典引文
  • Another party's nostrum is, more churches, more schools, more clergymen.

    出自:C. Kingsley
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