catholicon for [something]
The ancient texts described a catholicon for all ailments.
古代文献描述了一种包治百病的万应灵药。
万能药;万应灵药
大教堂;主教堂;所谓的万能药。;用于大型集会的大型城市教堂。;万应灵药;[医] 万能药
所谓的万能药。
A supposed universal remedy.
用于大型集会的大型城市教堂。
A large urban church used for large gatherings.
Some investors treat diversification as a catholicon for all market risks.
一些投资者把多元化视为应对所有市场风险的万应灵药。
用法提示:名词作宾语,表示被当作万能疗法的东西。
The medieval alchemists spent decades searching for a catholicon that could cure any disease.
中世纪的炼金术士花费数十年寻找能治愈任何疾病的万能药。
用法提示:名词作宾语,指传说中的万能药。
No single economic policy is a catholicon that can solve poverty overnight.
没有哪种单一经济政策是一夜之间就能解决贫困的万应灵药。
用法提示:名词作表语,强调其万能但虚幻的特性。
The ancient texts described a catholicon for all ailments.
古代文献描述了一种包治百病的万应灵药。
They used the rare metal as a catholicon.
他们将这种稀有金属用作万能药。
Many considered the elixir a catholicon.
许多人认为这种长生不老药是万应灵药。
Alchemists sought a catholicon for centuries.
炼金术士们几个世纪以来一直在寻求一种万能药。
grammar · medium
易错句子This medicine is a catholic.
正确表达This medicine is a catholicon.
中国学习者常混淆'catholic'(形容词,普遍的)和'catholicon'(名词,万应灵药)。'Catholic'是形容词,不能作名词表示万能药。
grammar · medium
易错句子I need catholicon for all problems.
正确表达I need a catholicon for all problems.
Catholicon是可数名词,在英语中通常需要不定冠词'a'或'an'。中国学习者受汉语影响常省略冠词。
panacea 和 catholicon 都指万能药,但 panacea 更常用,catholicon 是古语或医学专有名词。
catholic 作为形容词意为‘广泛的’或‘天主教的’,与 catholicon 拼写相似但词性及意义不同。
catharsis 意为‘情感宣泄’,与 catholicon 发音开头相似但意义完全不同。
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