panacea

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How to pronounce panacea in British English: 英 [ˌpænəˈsiːə]word uk audio image

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  • Noun:
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists

单词词源

panacea (n.)
"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).

双语例句

1. There can be no panacea for banking regulators .
2. Research also shows that microfinance is not a welfare-to-work panacea .
3. Still , speaking good mandarin is not a panacea .
4. Inflation is not a panacea . But it is a useful tonic .
5. First , involving the private sector in post-conflict recovery efforts is no panacea .

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