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单词 panacea
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Definition of panacea in English:

panacea

noun ˌpanəˈsiːəˌpænəˈsiə
  • A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.

    the panacea for all corporate ills
    the time-honoured panacea, cod liver oil
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If those consumers think the drug industrial monopolists already charge too much for pills and panaceas, just wait until the privately patented and monopolized ‘stem cell cures’ hit the market…
    • Mental health care may function as a panacea for many different personal and social problems.
    • Not even my usual panacea for brainache - a glass of red wine - seems to do the trick.
    • Furthermore, he said, it was not reasonable to expect the sauna to be a panacea for so many diseases.
    • Thus schools have become the all-purpose panacea, the one-stop solution to any government headache.
    • Weight loss in and of itself is probably not the panacea you are looking for.
    • Admittedly, the life course approach may not be the panacea for all our ills but it may well be.
    • Some researchers contend that sympathetic nerve blocks are not the panacea they are made out to be.
    • It may not be a panacea, but we're going to need every weapon we can find against bacterial infection.
    • But, like any tool, it is not a panacea for the difficulties of modern civilization.
    • Stopping smoking is hard, but a variety of methods can help even though none is a panacea.
    • We believe that neither is a panacea and that holistic provision should include both methods.
    • Their successors, the pharmaceutical industry, have much the same motive, although the modern method is to turn the full spectrum of panaceas and pills into profit.
    • She is aware that this has not been a panacea or overnight solution in Sweden, but regards it as by far the best of a dubious set of alternatives.
    • The drugs are not a panacea but they do improve quality of life and boost life expectancy.
    • Meanwhile, women need to be advised that a caesarean section is not a panacea.
    • Care paths are not panaceas and their worth depends on the integrity of the logic and the appropriateness of the options offered.
    • And so I don't think anyone looks at screening as a magic panacea to save the health budget.
    • Many people in the United States think that screening is a panacea, a way of warding off disease and staying healthy perhaps forever.
    • Gene therapy will never be a panacea, but ultimately it will be one method among many for helping patients with severe genetic disease.
    Synonyms
    universal cure, cure-all, cure for all ills, universal remedy, sovereign remedy, heal-all, nostrum, elixir, wonder drug, perfect solution, magic formula, magic bullet
    rare catholicon, diacatholicon, panpharmacon

Derivatives

  • panacean

  • adjective
    • It's a tale with a panacean, if twisted, appeal to single women as well.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Among Oriental peoples the panacean use of Panax ginseng persists today as it has for centuries.
      • After all, there is no panacean spend management solution, even though there are a number of platforms that cover different aspects of spend management.

Origin

Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek panakeia, from panakēs 'all-healing', from pan 'all' + akos 'remedy'.

  • This word for a ‘remedy to heal all diseases’ came via Latin from Greek panakeia, from panakēs ‘all-healing’ formed from pan ‘all’ and akos ‘remedy’. The sense ‘solution for all problems’ dates from the early 17th century.

Rhymes

adhere, Agadir, Anglosphere, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, blear, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, commandeer, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, electioneer, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hand-rear, hear, here, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, mere, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, sear, seer, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, sonneteer, souvenir, spear, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre
 
 

Definition of panacea in US English:

panacea

nounˌpanəˈsēəˌpænəˈsiə
  • A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.

    the panacea for all corporate ills
    the time-honored panacea, cod liver oil
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Admittedly, the life course approach may not be the panacea for all our ills but it may well be.
    • And so I don't think anyone looks at screening as a magic panacea to save the health budget.
    • She is aware that this has not been a panacea or overnight solution in Sweden, but regards it as by far the best of a dubious set of alternatives.
    • Care paths are not panaceas and their worth depends on the integrity of the logic and the appropriateness of the options offered.
    • Many people in the United States think that screening is a panacea, a way of warding off disease and staying healthy perhaps forever.
    • Mental health care may function as a panacea for many different personal and social problems.
    • Their successors, the pharmaceutical industry, have much the same motive, although the modern method is to turn the full spectrum of panaceas and pills into profit.
    • If those consumers think the drug industrial monopolists already charge too much for pills and panaceas, just wait until the privately patented and monopolized ‘stem cell cures’ hit the market…
    • The drugs are not a panacea but they do improve quality of life and boost life expectancy.
    • Some researchers contend that sympathetic nerve blocks are not the panacea they are made out to be.
    • But, like any tool, it is not a panacea for the difficulties of modern civilization.
    • Furthermore, he said, it was not reasonable to expect the sauna to be a panacea for so many diseases.
    • Thus schools have become the all-purpose panacea, the one-stop solution to any government headache.
    • We believe that neither is a panacea and that holistic provision should include both methods.
    • It may not be a panacea, but we're going to need every weapon we can find against bacterial infection.
    • Meanwhile, women need to be advised that a caesarean section is not a panacea.
    • Stopping smoking is hard, but a variety of methods can help even though none is a panacea.
    • Not even my usual panacea for brainache - a glass of red wine - seems to do the trick.
    • Gene therapy will never be a panacea, but ultimately it will be one method among many for helping patients with severe genetic disease.
    • Weight loss in and of itself is probably not the panacea you are looking for.
    Synonyms
    universal cure, cure-all, cure for all ills, universal remedy, sovereign remedy, heal-all, nostrum, elixir, wonder drug, perfect solution, magic formula, magic bullet

Origin

Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek panakeia, from panakēs ‘all-healing’, from pan ‘all’ + akos ‘remedy’.

 
 
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