quackery

美 [ˈkwækəri]英 [ˈkwækəri]
  • n.江湖医术;庸医行径

复数: quackeries

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noun

U江湖医术;庸医行径
the methods or behaviour of sb who pretends to have medical knowledge

quackery

频次

  • 1
    N-UNCOUNT 江湖医术;骗人的医术
    If you refer to a form of medical treatment as quackery, you think that it is unlikely to work because it is not scientific.

    To some people, herbal medicine is quackery.

    在有些人看来,用草药治病纯属江湖医术。

noun

1
medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
Synonym: empiricism
2
the dishonesty of a charlatan
Synonym: charlatanism

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  1. Using aspirin , an over-the-counter pill on sale in every supermarket without a prescription , to treat serious circulatory disease may seem almost like quackery .

    阿司匹林是一种不需处方,在每家超市柜台都有出售的药丸,用其治疗严重的循环系统疾病,看起来如同江湖医术。

  2. To some people , herbal medicine is quackery .

    在有些人看来,用草药治病纯属江湖医术。

  3. Some scientists relegate parapsychology to the sphere of quackery .

    一些科学家把灵学归类到骗术范围

  4. So-called " evidence-based medicine " has become modern-day quackery .

    所谓的循证医学已经成为当今的庸医骗术。

  5. Alternative and complementary medicine are mostly quackery .

    替代医学几乎全部都是骗人的治疗。

  6. In a famous play by Goethe , the doctor is accused of practicing quackery .

    在歌德的一部著名剧目里,一名医生被指控进行庸医行骗。

  7. The persistence of the Chinese restaurant syndrome myth is a symptom of the hypochondria that has become fashionable in contemporary Anglo-American culture , and the failure of our educational systems to teach people the difference between quackery and hard science .

    对“中餐馆综合症”谬论的固执坚持其实就是一种臆想症的症状,它已经成为当代英美文化的时尚,也是我们教育体制的失败——因为它没有教会人们如何辨别江湖骗术和自然科学。