nos·trum
noun/ˈnɒstrəm/
/ˈnɑːstrəm/
(disapproving)- (formal) an idea that is intended to bring political or social improvement, but will probably not succeed
旨在带来政治或社会进步但可能不会成功的想法 - reactionary/progressive nostrums
反动/进步的灵丹妙药 - Too many voters yearn for the simplistic nostrums of extreme nationalists.
太多选民渴望极端民族主义者的简单化灵丹妙药。
- reactionary/progressive nostrums
- (old-fashioned) a medicine that is not made in a scientific way, and that is not effective
江湖药
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, used in the sense ‘(something) of our own making’, neuter of noster ‘our’.