There are even over-the-counter memory nostrums availabe in health-food stores.

在健康食品店的柜台上也有摆満了柜台的实用提高记忆秘方产品。

It is likely that these "enlightened" nostrums would have speeded up the catastrophe.

这些“开明的”药方本身就可能加快灾难的到来。

I believe Mare Nostrums should be considered pre-A too which, by the way, makes life a lot easier.

我相信马秘药应被视为前过，其中，由途径，使生活变得更加简单。

How much financial expertise the board had, whether the CEO also served as board chairman, even if there was a risk committee — none of these governance nostrums made a blind bit of difference.

董事会究竟有多少专业的金融知识，CEO是否同时担任了董事长，即使有风险委员会的存在——这些管理秘方都没有起到什么有意义的作用。