| 释义 |
placebo/pləˈsi:bəʊ/n. (pl. -os) 1a a pill, medicine, etc. prescribed for psychological reasons but having no physiological effect (无疗效仅对心理有作用的)安慰剂 b a blank sample used as a control in testing new drugs etc. (用作对照新药物试验的)无效(对照)剂 2 something that is said or done to calm or humour a person but does not address the cause of his or her anxiety 令人安慰的事;宽心话 3 RC Ch. the opening antiphon of the vespers for the dead 【天主教】(为死者唱的)晚祷歌 [Latin, = I shall be acceptable or pleasing (first word of Ps. 116:9 in the Vulgate) from placēre ‘please’] |