directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions;"I tried to follow her prescription for success"
a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist;"he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly"
written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient
Adjective:
available only with a doctor"s written prescription;"a prescription drug"
中英词源
prescription 药方，处方Www.wentiYi.cOm
来自describe,开药，-pt,过去分词格。
prescription (n.)
late 14c., in law, "the right to something through long use," from Old French prescription (13c.) and directly from Latin praescriptionem (nominative praescriptio) "a writing before, order, direction," noun of action from past participle stem of praescribere "write before, prefix in writing; ordain, determine in advance," from prae "before" (see pre-) + scribere "to write" (see script (n.)). Medical sense of "written directions from a doctor" first recorded 1570s.
词态变化
复数 prescriptions;
权威造句
1. The prescription Ackerman gave me isn"t doing any good.
阿克曼给我开的药没有任何疗效。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She made a mental note to have his prescription refilled.
她记着要拿他的处方再配一回药。
来自柯林斯例句
3. We had to wait for the pharmacist to make up her prescription.
我们只得等药剂师给她配好药。
来自《权威词典》
4. The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics.
医生给我开了抗生素。
来自《权威词典》
5. The physician made a prescription against sea - sickness for him.
