concoctions

英 [kənˈkɒkʃənz]

美 [kənˈkɑkʃənz]

n.  (古怪或少见的)混合物，调合物，调配品(尤指饮料或药物)
concoction的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 调制品;配制物
  Aconcoctionis something that has been made out of several things mixed together.
  1. ...a concoction of honey, yogurt, oats, and apples.
     蜂蜜、酸奶、燕麦和苹果调制的混合物

双语例句

• Most of these new-fangled concoctions were regarded with an eye of suspicion and dislike by the workers.
  工人们对大多数新品种都表示怀疑和厌恶。
• In rural South African communities where illiteracy and superstition are rife, charlatans sell herbal concoctions to people with the disease, scorning clinics distributing antiretroviral drugs.
  南非的农村社区存在大量的文盲，迷信猖獗，江湖医生向患病的人们出售草药合剂，嘲笑分发抗逆转录病毒药物的诊所。
• According to one account, it comes from the Old West, when the zero-regulation alcohol industry would routinely sell dodgy concoctions.
  根据某个叙述，它来源于古老的西方，当零规则的酒精工业惯常的售卖自行调制的假酒，有时酒太烈，失明的人接踵而至。
• One of the most toxic concoctions known to man.
  人类已知的最毒混合物。
• Conversely, less than 100 years ago, respected doctors in Europe and North America were still recommending blood-letting in patients, alongside ill-advised concoctions that were poorly tested and misunderstood, at most tackling symptoms rather than underlying causes.
  相反，不到100年前，欧洲和北美受人尊敬的医生仍在建议对病人采取放血疗法，以及没有经过严格检验、人们并不完全了解的混合物，至多只能治标，而不能治本。
• Soon Wayan had water and herbs boiling up on the stove, and was making me drink jamu& traditional Indonesian homemade medicinal concoctions.
  不久，大姐将水和药草搁在炉上煮，让我喝佳木（jamu）汤剂&巴厘岛传统自制药汤。
• These shops are competing for customers by developing original concoctions like desserts featuring rice vinegar and vinegar drinks made using oranges and grapefruits.
  为了争夺客源，各家醋吧纷纷研制特色调配饮品，比如，米醋味的甜点以及用橙子和葡萄柚搭配制成的醋饮料。
• She produced all sorts of weird concoctions, but none of them met with Harry's requirements.
  拿出各种各样稀奇古怪的化妆品，但没有一样能够符合哈里的要求。
• Some packaged juice cleanses contain considerable amounts of sugar, leading some proponents to grind up their own fruit and vegetable concoctions at home.
  有些包装好的排毒化果汁含有大量的糖份，这使得一些推崇者在家榨取属于他们自己的果蔬混合物。
• The vaccines of tomorrow are likely to be far more sophisticated concoctions, made up of snippets of raw DNA from the genome of a virus, bacterium or parasite.
  明天的疫苗有可能是极为尖端的复合物，由病毒、细菌或寄生虫基因组的原始DNA的小片段构成。