placebo effect

英 [pləˈsiːbəʊ ɪˈfekt]

美 [pləˈsiːboʊ ɪˈfekt]

n.  (指用安慰剂治疗后病人病情好转的)安慰剂效果

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （指用安慰剂治疗后病人病情好转的）安慰剂效果
  The placebo effectis the fact that some patients' health improves after taking what they believe is an effective drug but which is in fact only a placebo.
  1. The placebo effect can be understood only if we acknowledge the unity of mind and body.
     只有我们承认身心一体，安慰剂效果才能被理解。

英英释义

noun

• any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo

双语例句

• The placebo effect is a psychobiological phenomenon that can be attributable to different mechanisms, including expectation of improvement and conditioning.
  安慰剂效应是一种神经生理学效应，可以归因于不同的机制，包括期望和条件机制。
• These buildings and gardens might, he suggests, exert some effect not clinically but psychologically, and the placebo effect is measurably real.
  他暗示，这些建筑与花园或许有一定疗效，但并非是临床作用，而是心理慰藉，而且据测，这种慰藉效果是真实存在的。
• Certified athletic trainers say the placebo effect can be very powerful, which is why they seldom dissuade pro athletes who want to try the latest fad.
  注册运动培训师们认为，安慰剂效应可能是非常强大的，所以他们很少劝阻专业运动员尝试这种新时尚。
• This widely known theory is called the placebo effect.
  这个众所周知的理论被称为安慰剂效应。
• Recently, some scientists have begun to question whether the apparently beneficial effects of exercise on thinking might be a placebo effect.
  最近，一些科学家开始怀疑，体育锻炼表现出来的改善思维的益处可能是安慰剂效应。
• In other words, the cognitive benefits of playing video games appear to be largely a result of a placebo effect.
  换句话说，玩视频游戏的认知好处似乎主要是心理作用。
• If the cognitive benefits from exercise are a result of a placebo effect rather than of actual changes in the brain because of the exercise, then those benefits could be ephemeral and unable in the long term to help us remember how to spell ephemeral.
  如果运动提高认知能力的益处是安慰剂效应，而不是大脑因为运动发生了真正的改变，那么这些好处可能就会转瞬即逝，无法长期帮助我们记住转瞬即逝这种复杂词汇。
• College students belong to a special group in contemporary society and their psychological traits are more adaptable to the "placebo effect". This paper points out the efficient application of the "placebo effect" should be greatly advocated in college students 'psychological consultation.
  大学生是当代社会的特殊群体，其心理特点对安慰剂效应存在着更强的适应性，在大学生心理咨询中可以更加有效地应用安慰剂效应。
• It was animalistic. I can definitely say it was not a placebo effect. I'm a nurse, and I'm trained to recognize those things.
  我敢肯定这不是安慰剂的作用，我是护士，我接受过分辩这些作用的训练。
• The other holds that acupuncture works through a placebo effect, in which the patient's thinking releases endorphins.
  另一观点认为，针灸只是一种安慰剂效应，给患者以内啡肽释放的想象。