snake oil
英 [ˈsneɪk ɔɪl]
美 [ˈsneɪk ɔɪl]
n. 推销者的所谓“万应灵药”; 毫无用处(或效果)的推销品
牛津词典
noun
- 推销者的所谓“万应灵药”；毫无用处（或效果）的推销品
something, for example medicine, that sb tries to sell you, but that is not effective or useful- a snake-oil salesman
劣质品推销员
- a snake-oil salesman
英英释义
noun
- communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
- (medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless
双语例句
- Study on Composition of Triglycerides from Snake Oil of Naja Naja
眼镜蛇蛇油中甘油三酸酯的成分研究 - Please. Don't let the double dealing, snake oil politicians from Beijing share the spoils of this war.
拜托，不要让那些从北京来的里外装好人，油腔滑调的政客分享这次战争的战利品。 - For Sarah Palin and her pals, man-made global warming is nothing but a "bunch of snake oil science".
对莎拉佩林（sarahpalin）及其同党来说，由人类导致的全球变暖不过是些“江湖科学”。 - The authors rightly eschew the determinism peddled by the snake oil salesmen of futurology.
报告作者正确地避开了未来学贩卖者散播的决定论。 - It fails to take into account the roles of confidence, stories and snake oil in economic fluctuation.
它没有考虑到信心、故事以及万金油对经济波动产生的影响。 - It will produce snake oil.
它将会生产万金油。 - They'll react as if you're selling snake oil.
他们会反应好像你是在贩卖蛇油。 - Not only that: it may also produce the want for the snake oil itself.
不仅如此：它可能还会生产对万金油的需求。 - It would throw everything we've done into disrepute, could make us look as if we reinvented snake oil.
那会使我们所干的一切名誉扫地，可能使我们显得像是在重新搬出蛇油膏那一套玩艺儿。 - Methods to encourage the regrowth of hair have been around since the time of ancient Egypt, when techniques included the application of snake oil or the menstrual blood of virgins.
促进毛发再生的方法自古埃及以来便已存在，当时人们采用的材料包括蛇油或处女经血等。