"universal remedy," 1540s, from Latin panacea, a herb (variously identified) that would heal all illnesses, from Greek panakeia "cure-all," from panakes "all-healing," from pan- "all" (see pan-) + akos "cure," from iasthai "to heal" (see -iatric). Earlier in English as panace (1510s).
雙語例句
1. Membership of the ERM is not a panacea for Britain's economic problems.
加入歐洲匯率機制并不是解決英國經濟問題的萬靈丹。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Western aid may help but will not be a panacea.
西方援助可能會有所幫助，但并非靈丹妙藥。
來自辭典例句
3. There's no single panacea for the country's economic ills.
國家經濟弊病百出,并無萬靈藥可以醫治.
來自辭典例句
4. No single prospecting technique can be regarded as a panacea.
沒有一種單一的普查方法是萬能的.
來自辭典例句
5. No drug or operation is a panacea for all pain.