quackery

noun

1. 江湖医术；庸医行径
   the methods or behaviour of sb who pretends to have medical knowledge

1. N-UNCOUNT 江湖医术;骗人的医术
   If you refer to a form of medical treatment as quackery, you think that it is unlikely to work because it is not scientific.
   1. To some people, herbal medicine is quackery.
      在有些人看来，用草药治病纯属江湖医术。

1. To some people, herbal medicine is quackery.
   在有些人看来，用草药治病纯属江湖医术。
2. Alternative and complementary medicine are mostly quackery.
   替代医学几乎全部都是骗人的治疗。
3. In a famous play by Goethe, the doctor is accused of practicing quackery.
   在歌德的一部著名剧目里，一名医生被指控进行庸医行骗。
4. Using aspirin, an over-the-counter pill on sale in every supermarket without a prescription, to treat serious circulatory disease may seem almost like quackery.
   阿司匹林是一种不需处方，在每家超市柜台都有出售的药丸，用其治疗严重的循环系统疾病，看起来如同江湖医术。
5. So-called "evidence-based medicine" has become modern-day quackery.
   所谓的循证医学已经成为当今的庸医骗术。

noun

1. medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings

   Synonym:    empiricism

2. the dishonesty of a charlatan

   Synonym:    charlatanism