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prescribe v.指示,规定,处(方),开(药) Doctors do a lot of prescribing: they prescribe drugs, rest, exercise, and getting rid of bad habits like smoking. When a doctor prescribes something, he or she is saying, "You need to do this. You should do it." That's the most common use of prescribe, but it pops up anywhere someone is advising or ordering someone to do something. All laws and rules prescribe things — they tell you what to do. ★★☆☆☆ 2002.4

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[pri'skraib] To prescribe is make orders or give directions for something to be done. These days, the word is mainly used by doctors who prescribe medications to take. …… as long as a doctor prescribes a drug for a legitimate medical purpose, the doctor has done nothing illegal even if the patient uses the drug to hasten death. 1[VERB 动词]开（药、处方） If a doctor prescribes medicine or treatment for you, he or she tells you what medicine or treatment to have.   [V n]  [V-ed]  [V n to n]Our doctor diagnosed a throat infection and prescribed antibiotic and junior aspirin...我们的医生诊断是喉部感染，并且开了一些抗生素和小剂量阿司匹林。She took twice the prescribed dose of sleeping tablets...她服用了双倍医嘱剂量的安眠药片。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[VERB 动词]（人、法律、规则）规定，指定 If a person or set of laws or rules prescribes an action or duty, they state that it must be carried out.   [V n]  [V-ed]  [FORMAL 正式]...article II of the constitution, which prescribes the method of electing a president...规定了总统选举方法的宪法第二条Alliott told Singleton he was passing the sentence prescribed by law.阿利奥特告诉辛格尔顿他是依法判决。

英语单词	prescribe
英美音标	[pri'skraib]
中文释义	v.指示,规定,处(方),开(药)
vocab简明	To prescribe is make orders or give directions for something to be done. These days, the word is mainly used by doctors who prescribe medications to take.
vocab扩展	Doctors do a lot of prescribing: they prescribe drugs, rest, exercise, and getting rid of bad habits like smoking. When a doctor prescribes something, he or she is saying, "You need to do this. You should do it." That's the most common use of prescribe, but it pops up anywhere someone is advising or ordering someone to do something. All laws and rules prescribe things — they tell you what to do.
真题原句	…… as long as a doctor prescribes a drug for a legitimate medical purpose, the doctor has done nothing illegal even if the patient uses the drug to hasten death.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]开（药、处方） If a doctor prescribes medicine or treatment for you, he or she tells you what medicine or treatment to have. [V n] [V-ed] [V n to n] Our doctor diagnosed a throat infection and prescribed antibiotic and junior aspirin... 我们的医生诊断是喉部感染，并且开了一些抗生素和小剂量阿司匹林。 She took twice the prescribed dose of sleeping tablets... 她服用了双倍医嘱剂量的安眠药片。 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 [VERB 动词]（人、法律、规则）规定，指定 If a person or set of laws or rules prescribes an action or duty, they state that it must be carried out. [V n] [V-ed] [FORMAL 正式] ...article II of the constitution, which prescribes the method of electing a president... 规定了总统选举方法的宪法第二条 Alliott told Singleton he was passing the sentence prescribed by law. 阿利奥特告诉辛格尔顿他是依法判决。
来源	2002.4

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