Nostrum



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 秘方药; 万灵丹
• ［英］ n. 秘方药 ( quack medicine) ; 万灵丹 ( panacea)
• ［记］ nostr ( 家) +um -> 家里制的药 -> 秘方药
• ［例］ There is no simple nostrum for political and social evils.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Latin, neuter of noster our, ours, from nos we — more at us
• Date: 1602
• 1. a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness
• 2. a usually questionable remedy or scheme ; panacea <an audience eager to believe he had found the nostrum for all of society's ills — Warren Sloat>

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