panacea
something that people think will make everything better and solve all their problems.
There is no panacea for America's immigrant problems.
" panacea " 是名词,注意发音, 重音在后面。意思是解决某些问题的灵丹妙药,可以替换“ a perfect solution ”。
1)panacea 是可数名词,一般使用单数形式
2)panacea 后面常接表示“问题”的名词,且常用复数形式,比如:problems / ills;
3)panacea 前一般于 no / not / never 这样表示否定的词连用
很多问题复杂、棘手、没有完美解决方案,可以使用 “ There is no panacea for X problems. " 的句式来表达 “ xx 问题没有完美解决方案:
There is no panacea for America's immigrant problems.
There is no panacea for Japan's population problems.
There is no panacea for China's environment problems.
《经济学人》中经常可以看到“panacea”:
关于非洲技术创新的文章:
Yet there is also reason to hope that even if technology is not a panacea, it can still help reduce some of the costs and frictions of doing business in Africa.
关于讨论全球气候变化应对方案的文章:
Taxes on carbon, though not a universal panacea for the problems of climate change, would be a reform in the right direction, too.
当我们想表达“某个解决方案虽然不够完美,但是也能奏效,就可以直接套用上面这个句型。比如,想要表达”虽然鼓励乘坐公共交通出行并不能解决全部的交通拥堵问题,但政府仍旧应该鼓励“。
Encouraging residents to use more public transportation, though not a universal panacea for the problems of traffic jam, would be a change / step in the right direction.
Panacea 的同义词是 Cure-all
Cure-all :
作业
1. 翻译
很多CEO希望能够找到解决企业所有问题的万能药
Many CEOs wish they could find the panacea for all company's problems.
2. 造句
~场景:许多父母希望他们能找到解决孩子所有坏习惯的灵丹妙药
~造句:Many parents wish they could find the panacea for all their children't bad habits.