1. (通常无效的)万灵药，灵丹妙药
    A cure-all is something that is believed, usually wrongly, to be able to solve all the problems someone or something has, or to cure a wide range of illnesses.

    e.g. He said the introduction of market discipline to the economy was not a magic cure-all for its problems...
           他说把市场规范引入该国经济，并不是解决其经济问题的灵丹妙药。
    e.g. Broussais was the first physician to use leeches as a cure-all.
           布鲁赛是第一个把水蛭当成万灵药的医生。

1. hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
    once sought by the alchemists

    Synonym: panaceanostrumcatholicon