placebo
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A placebo is a substance with no chemical effects that a doctor gives to a patient instead of a drug. Placebos are used when testing new drugs or sometimes when a patient has imagined their illness. (無(wú)藥用效果的)安慰劑
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placebo /pl??si?b??/ (placebos)
劍橋詞典
- a substance given to someone who is told that it is a particular medicine , either to make that person feel as if they are getting better or to compare the effect of the particular medicine when given to others
安慰劑
She was only given a placebo, but she claimed she got better - that's the placebo effect . 只給她服用了安慰劑，但她說好一些了——這就是安慰劑的心理作用。
something that is given to try to satisfy a person who has not been given the thing they really want
使人寬慰的事；安撫話
These small concessions have been made as a placebo to stop the workers making further demands . 這些小讓步就像安慰劑一樣，可以避免工人們提出更多的要求。 返回 placebo