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placebo

/pləˈsiːboʊ/ American
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  • n. 安慰剂
  • n. 安慰的话
Definition
  • n. a harmless substance given as if it were medicine
  • n. something said to comfort someone
Example
The patients in the study received a placebo instead of real medicine.
研究中的患者拿到的是安慰剂,而不是真正的药物。
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