中文词源
prescribe 规定，命令，开药
pre-,在前，早于，预先，-scribe,写，词源同describe.引申诸相关词义。
英语词源
- prescribe (v.)
- "to write down as a direction," mid-15c., from Latin praescribere "write beforehand" (see prescription). Related: Prescribed; prescribing. Medical sense is from 1580s, probably a back formation from prescription.
权威例句
- 1. The law allows doctors to prescribe contraception to the under 16s.
- 法律允许医生给16岁以下未成年人开避孕药。
- 2. Therapists cannot prescribe drugs as they are not necessarily medically qualified.
- 由于治疗师不一定具有行医资格，所以他们不可以开处方。
- 3. The doctor prepared to prescribe a receipt.
- 医生准备开个药方.
- 4. Can't you just prescribe some of those diet pills, doctor?
- 你不能开一些减肥药吗, 医生?
- 5. They encourage doctors to prescribe cheaper generic drugs instead of more expensive brand names.
- 他们鼓励医生给患者开较便宜的非专利药，而不是价格更高的品牌药。