nostrums是什么意思？

nostrums

• n. 骗人的疗法，有专利权的药品( nostrum的名词复数 )，妙策；

例句

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

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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