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单词 nostrum
释义
nostrumnos‧trum /ˈnɒstrəm $ ˈnɑː-/ noun [countable] formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINnostrum
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin nostrum ‘something of ours’
Examples
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  • But he is critical, too, of some liberal notions and nostrums about migration, refugees and asylum seekers.
  • Despite its flaws, politicians find this nostrum beguiling, since the costs are hidden from the public.
  • Praise of public wealth can face down the Tory nostrum that we each spend our own money better than the Government does.
  • The danger apprehended that quack nostrums in public policy can be forced upon the voters by demagogues is demonstrably nonexistent.
  • The doctor's nostrums were as likely to hasten death as delay it.
  • The old planners, with their Keynesian nostrums, were isolated.
  • These two forms of dissent coalesced in the demand for a stronger approach to the Tory nostrum of tariff reform.
an idea that someone thinks will solve a problem easily, but will probably not help at all:  an economic nostrum
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