nostrums

英 [ˈnɒstrəmz]

美 [ˈnɑstrəmz]

n.  并非灵验的招数; 不会奏效的计策; 江湖药
nostrum的复数

柯林斯词典

• 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 asnostrums, especially when you think they are old-fashioned or wrong in some way.
  1. ...clinging to the nostrums of the dying century.
     对上世纪的招数紧抓不放
• N-COUNT (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.
  1. ...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

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Tuesday's Franco-German summit showed that the more leaders repeat outdated nostrums – such as the impossibility of eurobonds – the less they are believed.
  上周二的法德最高领导人会晤显示，领导人物越是重复那些过时的“灵丹妙药”&比如不可能发行欧元债券，他们的话就越没人信。