- (formal)
an idea that is intended to solve a problem but that will probably not succeed 并非灵验的招数；不会奏效的计策 He criticized such right-wing nostrums as wage freezes or cuts in public spending. 他批评了冻结工资或削减公共开支等右翼妙方。
- (old-fashioned)
a medicine that is not made in a scientific way, and that is not effective 江湖药
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, used in the sense ‘(something) of our own making’, neuter of noster ‘our’.