nostrum
nostrum 英 [ˈnɒstrəm] 美 [ˈnɑstrəm]
n. 秘方；成药；万能药
名词复数:nostrums
- Though you try many medicines that claim to cure your cold, none of them work. They turn out to be nostrums, or ineffective drugs.
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- n. 秘方；成药；万能药
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1. India is determined to keep China's growing navy out of the Indian Ocean, regarded by Delhi as its Mare nostrum.
印度已下定决心要将羽翼渐丰的中国海军挡在印度洋外，毕竟印度将之视为“印度之洋”。
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2. India is determined to keep China's growing navy out of the Indian Ocean, regarded by Delhi as its “Mare nostrum.
印度决心把中国呈增长势头的海军力量排除在印度洋之外，德里将此看作“我们的海洋”。
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3. Republicans try to undermine the president at every turn and offer their nostrum of tax-cuts-will-solve-everything — without ever specifying what services they’ll give up to pay for them.
共和党人每次都努力破坏总统的提议并将减税奉为能够解决一切的万灵药——但是却从未详述他们将放弃什么服务来为它们买单。
- nostrum (n.) "quack medicine," c. 1600, from Latin nostrum remedium "our remedy," presumably that prepared by the person offering it, from Latin nostrum, neuter of noster "our," from nos "we," from PIE *nos (see us).
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