snake oil
蛇油;骗人的万灵油
同义词
参考例子
1.Snake oil you'll be able to spot right away because it's easy.
你可能会马上选择狗皮膏药,因为这个办法最简单。
2.In any case, some of the financial snake oil peddled at the height of the housing bubble was bad for saving.
无论如何,在房产泡沫高点兜售的某些骗人的金融方式则不利于储蓄。
3.The term snake oil comes from the 19th-century American practice of selling cure-all elixirs in traveling medicine shows.
蛇油这个术语出自19世纪在旅游药展上销售包治百病的万能药的美国做法。
英文解释
n.
1.(medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically
2.communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
网络释义
snake oil
万灵油; 蛇油; 蛇油密码; 骗人的万灵油;