snake oil

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  • n.推销者的所谓“万应灵药”；狗皮膏药（毫无用处或效果的推销品）
  • 网络蛇油；骗人的万灵油；蛇油公司

权威英汉双解

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网络释义

snake oil
n.
1.
推销者的所谓“万应灵药”；狗皮膏药（毫无用处或效果的推销品）something, for example medicine, that sb tries to sell you, but that is not effective or useful
a snake-oil salesman
劣质品推销员

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1.
For Sarah Palin and her pals, man-made global warming is nothing but a "bunch of snake oil science" .
对莎拉•佩林（SarahPalin）及其同党来说，由人类导致的全球变暖不过是些“江湖科学”。
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2.
it would throw everything we ' ve done into disrepute , could make us look as if we reinvented snake oil.
那会使我们所干的一切名誉扫地，可能使我们显得像是在重新搬出蛇油膏那一套玩艺儿。
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3.
if you get better after taking the snake oil , no one can tell whether it was the snake oil or whether you would have got better anyway.
如果你用了蛇油，没有人能告诉你到底是蛇油发挥了作用，还是你自然而然康复了。
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4.
Unhappily for the president, many voters appear to be buying this snake oil.
正是出于对总统的不满，很多投票者开始倾向于相信这种鬼话。
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5.
Snake oil should not be substitute for professional medical or health advice, examination, diagnosis, or treatment.
不能让狗皮膏药来替代专业的医疗诊断和治疗。snakeoil蛇油，狗皮膏药。
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6.
Please. Don't let the double dealing, snake oil politicians from Beijing share the spoils of this war.
拜托，不要让那些从北京来的里外装好人，油腔滑调的政客分享这次战争的战利品。
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7.
His predecessors include the snake - oil man and the door-to-door purveyor of anything from brushes to Britannicas.
他以前被称为万金油贩，挨门小贩，贩卖从刷子到大不列颠百科全书的各种商品。
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8.
All of these things act to remove any type of protective coating, whether it's a high quality protectant or an inexpensive snake oil.
所有这些情况，都可能清除掉任何保护层，不管它是质量最好的还是便宜的蛇油。
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9.
A phrase like "mental fitness" is bound to attract charlatans and snake-oil salesmen.
像“心理适应能力”这样的措辞，必然会吸引骗子和推销员。
www.ecocn.org
10.
Now, the Obama administration is evidently worried that it bought economic snake oil from Keynesians like Krugman.
而如今，奥巴马政府显然是在担心自己是不是从克鲁格曼这样的凯恩斯主义者那里买到了毫无作用的推销品。
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