nostrums

美 [ˈnɑstrəmz]英 [ˈnɒstrəmz]
  • n.并非灵验的招数;不会奏效的计策;江湖药
  • nostrum的复数
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nostrums

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  • 1
    N-COUNT (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.

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

    对上世纪的招数紧抓不放

  • 2
    N-COUNT (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.

    ...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

  1. It is likely that these \\ " enlightened \\ " nostrums would have speeded up the catastrophe .

    这些“开明的”药方本身就可能加快灾难的到来

  2. If the legal or political process cannot be relied on , then economic nostrums that would work in developed markets will fail .

    如果新兴市场的法律或政治程序不可依赖,那么,在发达市场管用的经济秘方在这里也会失效。

  3. It is likely that these " enlightened " nostrums would have speeded up the catastrophe .

    这些“开明的”药方本身就可能加快灾难的到来。

  4. The nostrums of some management gurus sound remarkably like those of the progressive educationalists of the 1960s .

    一些管理大师的秘方听起来非常像那些20世纪60年代的教育改革者。

  5. The dominant reality for the Republicans will be who can recite the nostrums fiercely enough to establish themselves as the true voice of the Tea Party ;

    对共和党而言,最重要的现实将是,谁能够以足够旺盛的精力来诵读那些骗人的妙策,使其成为代表茶叶党的真实声音。

  6. In " Laudato Si " ( Be Praised ) , to be published tomorrow but some of whose contents have been leaked in advance , the Pope has thrown his weight behind the nostrums of climate science .

    在周四即将发表的题为《赞美你》(LaudatoSi)的通谕中(部分内容已被提前泄露),教皇方济各阐明自己支持气候科学解决方法的立场。