柯林斯詞典placebo /pl??si?b??/ (placebos) 1. N-COUNT A placebo is a substance with no chemical effects that a doctor gives to a patient instead of a drug. Placebos are used when testing new drugs or sometimes when a patient has imagined their illness. (無藥用效果的)安慰劑 返回 placebo劍橋詞典a substance given to someone who is told that it is a particular medicine , either to make that person feel as if they are getting better or to compare the effect of the particular medicine when given to others 安慰劑 She was only given a placebo, but she claimed she got better - that's the placebo effect . 只給她服用了安慰劑，但她說好一些了——這就是安慰劑的心理作用。 something that is given to try to satisfy a person who has not been given the thing they really want 使人寬慰的事；安撫話 These small concessions have been made as a placebo to stop the workers making further demands . 這些小讓步就像安慰劑一樣，可以避免工人們提出更多的要求。 返回 placebo