| 词汇 | nostrum |
| 释义 | nostrum noun[ C ] formaluk /ˈnɒs.trəm/ us /ˈnɑː.strəm/ an idea for solving a problem, especially one that is not very good: （未经证实、效果存疑的）灵丹妙药，万应药，妙策 He refused to embrace any of the fashionable nostrums then current in development economics.他拒绝接受当时发展经济学中的任何所谓“妙策”。 Ideas, concepts and theories abstract abstraction accepted wisdom afterthought anthropocentrism Darwinism Darwinist determinist Dianetics meat motif musings natalism non-dogmatic sacred cow social Darwinism straw man supersensible tenet the domino theory You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Solving and solutions Examples of nostrumnostrum Within two centuries they made the mare nostrum their own sea. As noted in our first section, public reformers eventually attack those who resist their personal-improvement nostrums. A further feature of the genre is that the efficacy of the proposed nostrums crucially depends on how the problem itself is defined. Proprietary drugs (or patent medicines) have long been described in highly anachronistic terms, as "nostrums" marketed by "snake-oil peddlers," or as products whose manufacture and sale are equated with quackery. Pascha nostrum is generally written very carefully. Their nostrum has been to come up with marvellous plans, models and re-arrangements as a means of diverting attention and dodging the main issues. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are simply so many doctrinaires with their nostrums, and they show no appreciation of human nature in dealing with this question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may well be logically untidy, but there can be no clear-cut answer; there is no nostrum for our economic ills. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How much ill has been caused to the public by indulging: in the various nostrums put before them? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tropical diseases used to be dosed with all kinds of nostrums; now they are largely prevented. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the latest nostrum and magic to solve our problems, but in effect it subordinates reality to theory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Something needs to be brought forward to replace the failed nostrums of yester-year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was certainly not the nostrum it was then held out to be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure those two nostrums have now left the field. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the present time, they are made subject to the desires of those who wish to retain or gain power for their own nostrums. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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