- 1萬靈丹
A cure-all is something people believe will fix any illness, or any problem at all. Careful speakers often use it with a small shake of the head: they mean “people think it will, but nothing works on everything.” There is no real medicine that every sickness, so the word is half a name and half a warning. Newspapers also hang it on money, , or a new law — anything sold as the answer to all troubles. It is ordinary English, a little , not a doctor’s technical term.
cure-all 是名詞，指人們以為能治好任何病、解決任何問題的東西，也就是萬靈丹。說話謹慎的人用這個字時，常帶著搖頭的語氣：大家以為它有用，但其實沒有東西真的萬能。世上沒有真正能治百病的藥，所以這個字一半是名稱，一半是提醒。報紙也常拿來形容被吹捧成解決所有問題的錢、新產品或新法律。它是一般的英文，有點新聞味，不是醫學術語。
From the word’s history
From cure + all.
由 cure「治好」加 all「全部」組成。
組成From cure + -all (a thing supposed to do all the curing).
同家族的字
- curethe first half is cure, to heal
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
cure-allnoun/ˈkjʊəɹɔːl/
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Synonym of panacea: a medicine or practice that cures all human ailments.
- Step right up! Step right up! Our panacean patent medicine miracle cure-all will cure what ails ya! Cash only! No refunds.
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