nostrum

美 [ˈnɑːstrəm]英 [ˈnɒstrəm]
  • n.不会奏效的计策;并非灵验的招数;江湖药

复数: nostrums

nostrumnostrum

noun

1

并非灵验的招数;不会奏效的计策
an idea that is intended to solve a problem but that will probably not succeed

2

江湖药
a medicine that is not made in a scientific way, and that is not effective

nostrum

频次

  • 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

noun

1
patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
2
hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases;once sought by the alchemists
Synonym: panacea catholicon cure-all

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  1. Photography studio provide you with a few small nostrum you must use .

    北京摄影工作室为您提供一些小妙方你一定用的着。

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

    他告诉病人他有秘方。

  3. Use besides the space outside , furniture is had muti_function utility , also be the one big nostrum of economic space .

    除了空间利用外,家具具有多功能用途,也是节省空间的一大妙方。

  4. There is no nostrum in the world . To keep fit , just come to this Body-Building centre and have a try .

    世上本无万能灵药,欲健康,请来本健美中心试一试。钱不是万能的,但没有钱是万万不能的。

  5. An extensive Italian search and rescue operation , Mare Nostrum , was closed last year amid budget cuts and pressure from anti-immigrant parties .

    在预算削减及反移民政党的施压下,意大利大规模的搜救行动&我们的海(MareNostrum),已经于去年被叫停。

  6. But Mare Nostrum was wound down at the end of last year due to its lack of support in many European countries grappling with rising anti-immigrant sentiment .

    但是,由于在许多难以应对反移民情绪抬头的欧洲国家缺乏支持,我们的海行动于去年年底被搁置。

  7. Yet the ending of Mare Nostrum has done nothing to discourage refugees , who are driven by desperation and criminally seduced by traffickers .

    然而,我们的海行动结束没能阻止难民的脚步,他们被绝望所驱使,又受到了蛇头的怂恿。

  8. As a UK Foreign Office minister recently argued , Mare Nostrum created an unintended pull factor encouraging more migrants to attempt the dangerous sea crossing and thereby leading to more tragic and unnecessary deaths .

    一位英国外交国务大臣最近表示,我们的海行动成了无意间的拉动因素,鼓励更多移民尝试冒险渡海,因此导致更多可悲和不必要的死亡。

  9. The end of Mare Nostrum coincided with the beginning of Triton , a pan-European border control mission , but its scope is confined to patrolling waters only up to 30 miles off the Italian coastline and is not primarily designed for search and rescue .

    我们的海行动终结,恰逢泛欧洲边境控制行动Triton启动,但是后者的任务范围仅局限于在距意大利海岸线至多30英里的水域内巡逻,并且主要目的并非搜救。