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。
• If they work, even if it's the placebo effect, if they lower the blood pressure I think patients will be protected further from heart attacks and strokes.
  如果它们真的有效，即使是安慰剂效应，如果它们真的能够降低血压，我想患者也可以受到保护以免发生心脏病和卒中。
• Placebo Effect in Treatment of Neurasthenia
  神经衰弱治疗中的安慰剂效应
• 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。
• The placebo effect refers to all the observable behaviors caused by placebo.
  安慰剂效应是指由安慰剂所引起的可观察的行为。
• Partially its a placebo effect.
  部分地讲，这也是一种安慰效应。
• 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。
• 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。
• This widely known theory is called the placebo effect.
  这个众所周知的理论被称为安慰剂效应。