panacea
something that people think will make everything better and solve all their problems.
There is no panacea for America's immigrant problems.
" panacea " 是名词，注意发音, 重音在后面。意思是解决某些问题的灵丹妙药，可以替换“ a perfect solution ”。
1）panacea 是可数名词，一般使用单数形式
2）panacea 后面常接表示“问题”的名词，且常用复数形式，比如：problems / ills；
3）panacea 前一般于 no / not / never 这样表示否定的词连用
很多问题复杂、棘手、没有完美解决方案，可以使用 “ There is no panacea for X problems. " 的句式来表达 “ xx 问题没有完美解决方案：
There is no panacea for America's immigrant problems.
There is no panacea for Japan's population problems.
There is no panacea for China's environment problems.
《经济学人》中经常可以看到“panacea”：
关于非洲技术创新的文章：
Yet there is also reason to hope that even if technology is not a panacea, it can still help reduce some of the costs and frictions of doing business in Africa.
关于讨论全球气候变化应对方案的文章：
Taxes on carbon, though not a universal panacea for the problems of climate change, would be a reform in the right direction, too.
当我们想表达“某个解决方案虽然不够完美，但是也能奏效，就可以直接套用上面这个句型。比如，想要表达”虽然鼓励乘坐公共交通出行并不能解决全部的交通拥堵问题，但政府仍旧应该鼓励“。
Encouraging residents to use more public transportation, though not a universal panacea for the problems of traffic jam, would be a change / step in the right direction.
Panacea 的同义词是 Cure-all
Cure-all :
作业
1. 翻译
很多CEO希望能够找到解决企业所有问题的万能药
Many CEOs wish they could find the panacea for all company's problems.
2. 造句
～场景：许多父母希望他们能找到解决孩子所有坏习惯的灵丹妙药
～造句：Many parents wish they could find the panacea for all their children't bad habits.
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