placebo

安慰剂、伪药医学

Half the volunteers received the new drug and half a placebo.

一半的受试者服用新药，另一半服用安慰剂。

安慰性措施、聊以慰藉的东西比喻

The pay raise was just a placebo for overworked staff.

这次加薪只是给过劳员工的安慰性措施。

安慰剂的、伪药的仅用于名词前

Researchers compared the treatment group with the placebo group.

研究人员将治疗组与安慰剂组进行比较。