nostrum

noun

1. patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable

2. hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
once sought by the alchemists

Synonym: panaceacatholiconcure-all

1. (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.

e.g. ...clinging to the nostrums of the dying century.
对上世纪的招数紧抓不放

2. (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.

e.g. ...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

1. 万应灵药,传家宝：nasal 鼻的, 鼻音的 | nostrum 万应灵药,传家宝 | haven 避难所;安全的地方

2. 秘方：nostomania 怀乡狂 | nostrum 秘方 | notability 值得注意

3. 秘方、骗人的假药：特敏福Tamiflu | 秘方、骗人的假药nostrum | 能改善因血液循环不足而导致的疾病can relieve symptoms caused by insufficient blood circulation

4. nostrum的意思

4. 妙方：nostrilnaresnaris 鼻孔 | nostrum 妙方 | nostrumofficinal 成药