placebo effect

英 [pləˈsiːbəʊ ɪˈfekt]

美 [pləˈsiːboʊ ɪˈfekt]

n.  (指用安慰剂治疗后病人病情好转的)安慰剂效果

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （指用安慰剂治疗后病人病情好转的）安慰剂效果
  The placebo effectis the fact that some patients' health improves after taking what they believe is an effective drug but which is in fact only a placebo.
  1. The placebo effect can be understood only if we acknowledge the unity of mind and body.
     只有我们承认身心一体，安慰剂效果才能被理解。

英英释义

noun

• any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo

双语例句

• It was animalistic. I can definitely say it was not a placebo effect. I'm a nurse, and I'm trained to recognize those things.
  我敢肯定这不是安慰剂的作用，我是护士，我接受过分辩这些作用的训练。
• Previous studies have investigated the basis of the placebo effect, when using sugar pills or saline injections for example, and confirmed it can elicit a real response.
  此前的研究已经探索了安慰剂效应的相关基础：比如说服用糖片或用盐水注射确实可以引发真实的（生理）响应。
• If the cognitive benefits from exercise are a result of a placebo effect rather than of actual changes in the brain because of the exercise, then those benefits could be ephemeral and unable in the long term to help us remember how to spell ephemeral.
  如果运动提高认知能力的益处是安慰剂效应，而不是大脑因为运动发生了真正的改变，那么这些好处可能就会转瞬即逝，无法长期帮助我们记住转瞬即逝这种复杂词汇。
• Certified athletic trainers say the placebo effect can be very powerful, which is why they seldom dissuade pro athletes who want to try the latest fad.
  注册运动培训师们认为，安慰剂效应可能是非常强大的，所以他们很少劝阻专业运动员尝试这种新时尚。
• In other words, the cognitive benefits of playing video games appear to be largely a result of a placebo effect.
  换句话说，玩视频游戏的认知好处似乎主要是心理作用。
• These buildings and gardens might, he suggests, exert some effect not clinically but psychologically, and the placebo effect is measurably real.
  他暗示，这些建筑与花园或许有一定疗效，但并非是临床作用，而是心理慰藉，而且据测，这种慰藉效果是真实存在的。
• The placebo effect is a psychobiological phenomenon that can be attributable to different mechanisms, including expectation of improvement and conditioning.
  安慰剂效应是一种神经生理学效应，可以归因于不同的机制，包括期望和条件机制。
• However, other researchers say the "high" listeners claim to feel may actually be a placebo effect determined by the individual's desire to feel it.
  而有些研究人员则认为，“音频毒品”之所以能够达到致幻效果，只是因为收听者主观上想要得到这样的感觉。
• The placebo effect, for example, demonstrates that people can at times cause a relief in medical symptoms or suffering by believing the cures to be effective& whether they actually are or not.
  比如说，安慰剂效应表明人有时候能通过相信治疗有效来减轻症状和痛苦&不论治疗是否真的有效。
• By now we've all heard about the placebo effect: just by thinking a pill will help kill cure what else ails you, it often does.
  到如今，我们都已听说了安慰剂效应：既是通过心里想、认为某种药丸可以帮助治愈病痛，它经常起作用。