Both real and sham acupuncture worked better than having no treatment at all .

真实的和虚假的针刺两者都比完全没有治疗的作用要好。

That would look too much like a response to sham elections held last november .

这会太像是对缅甸去年11月虚假选举做出的回应。

Placebo injections are more effective than placebo pills , and neither is as potent as sham surgery .

安慰性注射虽然比安慰药丸有效果，但是却没有虚假手术来得见效。

Their biggest fear was that deaths , injuries and failures from sham treatments would undermine the case for genuine therapies .

他们最大的恐惧在于，虚假干细胞治疗所导致的死亡、伤害和失败可能会使真正的干细胞治疗蒙受不白之冤。

Seeing the judiciary as biased and the grievance process as a sham , they treat petitioning as a means of extortion .

既然司法系统是不公正的，上访程序是虚假的，那他们就把上访作为敲诈的手段。