nostrums

英 [ˈnɒstrəmz]

美 [ˈnɑstrəmz]

n. 并非灵验的招数; 不会奏效的计策; 江湖药
nostrum的复数

N-COUNT (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.
1. ...clinging to the nostrums of the dying century.
  对上世纪的招数紧抓不放
N-COUNT (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.
1. ...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

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The nostrums of some management gurus sound remarkably like those of the progressive educationalists of the 1960s.
一些管理大师的秘方听起来非常像那些20世纪60年代的教育改革者。
Tuesday's Franco-German summit showed that the more leaders repeat outdated nostrums – such as the impossibility of eurobonds – the less they are believed.
上周二的法德最高领导人会晤显示，领导人物越是重复那些过时的“灵丹妙药”&比如不可能发行欧元债券，他们的话就越没人信。
If the legal or political process cannot be relied on, then economic nostrums that would work in developed markets will fail.
如果新兴市场的法律或政治程序不可依赖，那么，在发达市场管用的经济秘方在这里也会失效。
The dominant reality for the Republicans will be who can recite the nostrums fiercely enough to establish themselves as the true voice of the Tea Party;
对共和党而言，最重要的现实将是，谁能够以足够旺盛的精力来诵读那些骗人的妙策，使其成为代表茶叶党的真实声音。
It is likely that these "enlightened" nostrums would have speeded up the catastrophe.
这些“开明的”药方本身就可能加快灾难的到来。