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小词详解 | panacea
panacea 英 [ˌpænəˈsiːə] 美 [ˌpænəˈsiːə]
One scheme widely touted as a panacea is a “basic income”, paid to everybody regardless of their situation.
一个被普遍推崇为灵丹妙药的计划是“基本收入”,即向每个人都提供收入,不论他们处境如何。
——《经济学人》But new imports alone are not a panacea, because many infants can tolerate only specific types of formula.
但单靠新进口的产品并非万能之计,因为许多婴幼儿只能耐受特定类型的配方奶粉。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 万灵药
加入欧洲汇率机制并不是解决英国经济顽症的万灵丹。
Membership of the ERM is not a panacea for Britain's chronic economic malaise.
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.
对于一个管理不善的国家而言论,首选的灵丹妙药就是通货膨胀;其次是战争。这两种方法都会带来短暂的繁荣,也都会带来永久性的毁灭。但两者都是政治及经济机会主义者的权宜之计。
nostrum: a medicine, especially one that is not considered effective, prepared by an unqualified person elixir: a preparation supposedly able to prolong life indefinitely cure-all: a medicine or other remedy that will supposedly cure any ailment