panacea

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pan·a·cea /ˌpænəˈsɪə/ noun [countableC]

BETTERsomething that people think will make everything better and solve all their problems 〔解决所有问题的〕万应灵丹，万全之策 SYN cure-all, → solution

panacea for

There is no panacea for the country’s economic problems.

解决该国经济问题没有万应灵丹。

Examples from the Corpus

panacea• This suggests that, while disulfiram is not a panacea, it does have a useful role in selected patients.• Free trade, however, is not a panacea.• Electoral reform is not a panacea. It causes almost as many problems as it solves.• It is only a partial remedy, not a panacea.• His head ached, the cool air no panacea, and his thoughts, too, were disturbed.• That was the rich man's panacea for the litany of ills of the poor.• Librarians welcomed computerization as the panacea for all their cataloguing problems.• In the nineteenth century, economic expansion through imperialism was seen as the panacea for the mounting social problems.• The issues discussed should make demands on members, require understanding, discussion of the panacea, introduce, inform, involve.

panacea for• Debt reduction should not be seen as a panacea for the region's economic problems.

From Longman Business Dictionary

panaceapan·a·cea /ˌpænəˈsɪə/ noun [countableC]

something that people think will make everything better

Further rate cuts, while helpful, are noeconomic panacea.

panacea for

Industry analysts quickly dismissed the idea that the international market is a panacea for profits.

Origin panacea

(1500-1600) Latin Greek panakeia, from pan- ( → PAN-) + akeisthai “to cure”

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