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

• The nocebo effect is the flip side of the more positive placebo effect, and she says that one of the most pernicious nocebo effects can occur when a patient is informed by her doctor that she is ill.
  反安慰剂效应是更为积极的安慰剂效应的另一面。兰格称，最糟糕的反安慰剂效应之一可能发生在患者从医生那里得知自己患病的消息时。
• 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。
• 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。
• Seems to be exerting a strong placebo effect.
  好像受到一种很强的安慰剂的影响。
• 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。
• 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。
• Partially its a placebo effect.
  部分地讲，这也是一种安慰效应。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。