woo-woo
adjective
mainlyUSinformaluk/ˈwuː.wuː/us/ˈwuː.wuː/basedonfalsebeliefsorimaginarythings,ratherthanreasonorscientificknowledge:
假的，想象出来的，空穴来风的Thistreatmentsoundssortof woo-woo, but itactuallydoeswork.这种治疗方法听起来有点假，但实际上确实有效。
- I’m notgonnagive you somepeptalkor a “woo-woo”solutiontoyourproblem.
- It'sinterestingthat so manypeopletoday areabandoning"traditional"religions, butreplacethem with some woo-woo, newagemumbojumbo.
- "Ibecameabelieverwhen I couldseetheresults," she said. "It wasn't just woo-woostuff."
- Sheacknowledgesthis mightsound"woo-woo" but said it'sgroundedinscience, and shecertainlydoes notopposeconventionalmedicine.
- If thatsoundsa little woo-woo,considerthis: In a Harvard Universitystudy,hypnotizedsubjectswereledtobelievethey wereexperiencingpain, and researchersdiscoveredthat the sameareasof thebrainreactedas if thepainwerereal.
True, real, false, and unreal
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not goldidiom
- apocryphal
- faithful
- fake news
- false
- false flag
- falsely
- not so muchidiom
- nothing could be further from the truthidiom
- nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughtsidiom
- parallel universe
- post-factual
- validity
- veridical
- verifiability
- verifiable
- verifiably
woo-woo
noun[U]
informaluk/ˈwuː.wuː/us/ˈwuː.wuː/ideasormethodsthat arebasedonfalsebeliefsorimaginarythings,ratherthanreasonorscientificknowledge:
（不科学的）想象出来的办法；空穴来风的想法This is not evidence-basedmedicine, this is woo-woo.这不是循证医学，这是臆想。
- He devotes himself tobattlingwoo-woo and pseudoscience.
- Before youdismissthis as woo-woo,lookat theresults.
- Shebelievesintarotcards,astrology, all that woo-woo.
True, real, false, and unreal
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not goldidiom
- apocryphal
- faithful
- fake news
- false
- false flag
- falsely
- not so muchidiom
- nothing could be further from the truthidiom
- nothing could have been further from my mind/thoughtsidiom
- parallel universe
- post-factual
- validity
- veridical
- verifiability
- verifiable
- verifiably
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