v.開處方；規(guī)定，命令，指示；限制，限定

I'll prescribe for you as soon as I get the report. 我拿到報(bào)告就給你開處方。

What medicine did the doctor prescribe for your illness? 醫(yī)生開了什么藥來治你的病？

The law prescribes heavy penalties for this offence. 法律規(guī)定對(duì)這種不法行為從嚴(yán)懲處。

Regulations prescribe that a lawyer draw up the paper. 條文規(guī)定必須由律師擬定此公文。

prescribe的基本意思是“開藥方”,指在紙上寫上為治療某種疾病而組合起來的若干種藥物的名稱、劑量和用法。引申可表示“規(guī)定”。

prescribe既可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞,用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),可接名詞、代詞作賓語,也可接帶疑問詞的動(dòng)詞不定式或wh-/that從句。