snake oil片語

騙人的萬靈藥、假藥、江湖偏方

That expensive powder is just snake oil with a fancy label.

那種昂貴的粉末只是包裝精美的假藥。

騙局、唬人的把戲、空頭承諾貶義

Economists dismissed the new tax plan as pure snake oil.

經濟學家把這套新稅制方案批為純粹的騙局。

招搖撞騙的、騙人的用於名詞前

He came across as a snake-oil salesman promising miracle cures.

他給人的感覺就像個招搖撞騙的推銷員，滿口神奇療效。