quackery

英 [ˈkwækəri]

美 [ˈkwækəri]

n.  江湖医术; 庸医行径

医学

BNC.46229 / COCA.31611

牛津词典

noun

• 江湖医术；庸医行径
  the methods or behaviour of sb who pretends to have medical knowledge

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 江湖医术;骗人的医术
  If you refer to a form of medical treatment asquackery, you think that it is unlikely to work because it is not scientific.
  1. To some people, herbal medicine is quackery.
     在有些人看来，用草药治病纯属江湖医术。

英英释义

noun

• medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
  Synonym:empiricism
• the dishonesty of a charlatan
  Synonym:charlatanism

双语例句

• To some people, herbal medicine is quackery.
  在有些人看来，用草药治病纯属江湖医术。
• Alternative and complementary medicine are mostly quackery.
  替代医学几乎全部都是骗人的治疗。
• Using aspirin, an over-the-counter pill on sale in every supermarket without a prescription, to treat serious circulatory disease may seem almost like quackery.
  阿司匹林是一种不需处方，在每家超市柜台都有出售的药丸，用其治疗严重的循环系统疾病，看起来如同江湖医术。
• In a famous play by Goethe, the doctor is accused of practicing quackery.
  在歌德的一部著名剧目里，一名医生被指控进行庸医行骗。
• So-called "evidence-based medicine" has become modern-day quackery.
  所谓的循证医学已经成为当今的庸医骗术。