nostrum

/nos-truhm/US // ˈnɒs trəm //UK // (ˈnɒstrəm) //

鼻涕虫,鼻烟剂,鼻音,鼻涕

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- : a pet scheme or remedy, especially for social or political ills; panacea: The party was pushing the nostrum of corporate tax reduction, as if that would undo decades of industrial job loss.
- : a medicine made by the person who recommends it.
- : a patent medicine.

nouncure-all, often ineffective

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Captain Giuseppe Maggio described the nightmare situations the Mare Nostrum ships encounter.
Since Mare Nostrum, more than 60 traffickers have been arrested when their boats were intercepted or rescued at sea.
But if Mare Nostrum ends, it could be a tragic day for migrants making the perilous crossing.
Instead, it would like to see additional, strengthened search and rescue missions like Mare Nostrum put in place.
Arma igitur expediunt, passis velis, instructa acie, directo cursu in nostrum portum inuehuntur.
And now we find another example in that much advertised nostrum, Uriseptin.
So that, like acetanilid, the old argument of the nostrum men that the preparation needs skill in compounding will not hold.
In fact, to be consistent with the ethics of the nostrum business he need have none.
Among other things, it has furnished a demonstration of the value of the honorable assurances of nostrum venders.