nostrum /ˈnɒstrəm/

• 1. 

  N-COUNT You can refer to ideas or theories about how something should be done as nostrums, especially when you think they are old-fashioned or wrong in some way. (尤指老式的或有欠缺的)解决方案 [正式] [usu pl, oft N 'of' n]

  例：

  ...yesterday's failed socialist nostrums.

  ...昨日失败的社会主义解决方案。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT If you refer to a medicine as a nostrum, you mean that it is not effective or has not been tested in a proper scientific way. 无效而又不科学的疗法

  例：

  ...pills, tablets, and other nostrums claiming to be magic potions.

  ...声称包治百病的药丸、药片和其他江湖疗法。