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panacea

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pan·a·cea /ˌpænəˈsɪə/ noun [countable]  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, → solutionpanacea 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
panaceaThis 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 forDebt reduction should not be seen as a panacea for the region's economic problems.
From Longman Business Dictionarypanaceapan‧a‧cea /ˌpænəˈsɪə/ noun [countable] something that people think will make everything betterFurther rate cuts, while helpful, are noeconomic panacea.panacea forIndustry 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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panacea
panacea /ˌpænəˈsɪə/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: Greek panakeia, from pan- ( pan-) + akeisthai 'to cure'
something that people think will make everything better and solve all their problems
   SYN  cure-allsolution
    panacea for
    There is no panacea for the country’s economic problems.


pana·ceaBrE /ˌpænəˈsiːə/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpænəˈsiːə/ 🔊 noun~ (for sth) something that will solve all the problems of a particular situation 万灵药;万能之计