1 N-MASS 溴化物，溴化钾（用作镇静剂） Bromide is a drug which used to be given to people to calm their nerves when they were worried or upset. 溴化物，溴化钾（用作镇静剂）
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...a dose of bromide.
一剂溴化钾镇静剂
2 N-COUNT 老套的安慰话；陈词滥调 A bromide is a comment which is intended to calm someone down when they are angry, but which has been expressed so often that it has become boring and meaningless. 老套的安慰话；陈词滥调 [formal]
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The meeting produced the usual bromides about macroeconomic policy, third-world debt and the environment.
会议上提出的还是那些惯常讨论的老套话题—宏观经济政策、第三世界债务和环境问题。
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