- 这是什么词?
词:panacea
英英释义:something that people think will make everything better and solve all their problems
例句:There is no panacea for America's immigrant problems.
场景:德国。
造句:There is no panacea for Germany's immigrant problems.
- 为什么选这个词?
“panacea”是名词,注意它的发音是/ˌpanəˈsiːə/,重音在后面。
“panacea”的意思是“解决某些问题的万灵丹、灵丹妙药”,我们可以用它来替换“a perfect solution”。不管是四六级考研作文,还是托福、雅思、GRE 作文,涉及到“问题”时,都可以用到这个词。
从这个单词的英文释义和例句中,可以观察到三点:
1)panacea 是可数名词,但一般使用单数形式;
2)panacea 后面常接的表示“问题”的名词,而且常用复数形式,比如 problems/ills;
3)panacea 前面一般会和 no/not/never 这样表示否定的词连用。
下面我们通过几个例子来体会“panacea”的用法。
很多问题复杂、棘手,没有完美的解决方案,比如美国的移民问题、日本的人口问题、中国的环境问题等。我们可以使用“There is no panacea for X problems”的句式来表达“x问题没有完美的解决方案”:
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”。因为《经济学人》不仅仅是报道新闻,它还会深入分析问题,并且提出解决方案。比如在关于非洲科技创新的文章中,就出现了 panacea:
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.
场景:降低价格。
造句:Yet there is also reason to beliece that even if lowering prices is not a panacea, it can help boost sales.
比如一篇讨论全球气候变化应对方案的文章中,也出现了 panacea:
Taxes on carbon, though not a universal panacea for the problems of climate change, would be a reform in the right direction, too.
我们还可以从这个句子中提炼出一个好用的句式:
X(某个解决方案), though not a universal panacea for the problems of Y, would be a reform/change/step in the right direction.
当我们想表示“某个解决方案虽然不够完美,但是也能奏效”时,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”,就可以写成:
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.
场景:亚健康。
造句:More exercises, though not a universal panacea/cure-all for the problems caused by sub-health, would be a change/step in the right dorection.
基础比较好的朋友,可以在掌握了 panacea 之后,了解一下它的同义词 cure-all。
- 怎样学会使用这个词?
1)翻译下面的句子:
很多 CEO 希望能够找到解决企业所有问题的万能药。
(参考翻译:Many CEOs hope they can find the panacea for all the company's problems. 或者
Many CEOs wish they could find the
panacea for all corporate ills.
场景:德国。
造句:There is no panacea for Germany's immigrant problems.
场景:降低价格。
造句:Yet there is also reason to beliece that even if lowering prices is not a panacea, it can help boost sales.
场景:亚健康。
造句:More exercises, though not a universal panacea/cure-all for the problems caused by sub-health, would be a change/step in the right direction.
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