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

• 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。
• 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。
• Virtually all alternative medicine is bunk; but the placebo effect is rather interesting
  几乎所有的替代医学都是胡扯，但产生的安慰效果非常有趣
• 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 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。
• Recently, some scientists have begun to question whether the apparently beneficial effects of exercise on thinking might be a placebo effect.
  最近，一些科学家开始怀疑，体育锻炼表现出来的改善思维的益处可能是安慰剂效应。
• The other holds that acupuncture works through a placebo effect, in which the patient's thinking releases endorphins.
  另一观点认为，针灸只是一种安慰剂效应，给患者以内啡肽释放的想象。
• 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。
• Partially its a placebo effect.
  部分地讲，这也是一种安慰效应。
• The results from our study suggest that the benefits of aerobic exercise are not a placebo effect, said Cary Stothart, a graduate student in cognitive psychology at Florida State University, who led the study.
  我们的研究结果显示，有氧运动的好处不是安慰剂效应，佛罗里达州立大学的认知心理学研究生卡里·斯托塔特（CaryStothart）说。