prescribe
- IPA[prɪˈskrʌɪb]
英式
- (of a medical practitioner) advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for someone, especially in writing；recommend (a substance or action) as something beneficial
verb: prescribe, 3rd person present: prescribes, gerund or present participle: prescribing, past tense: prescribed, past participle: prescribed
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. (of a medical practitioner) advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for someone, especially in writing her doctor prescribed sleeping tablets he was prescribed a course of antibiotics 同義詞
- ▪ recommend (a substance or action) as something beneficial marriage is often prescribed as a universal remedy 同義詞
- 2. state authoritatively or as a rule that (an action or procedure) should be carried out rules prescribing five acts for a play are purely arbitrary 同義詞
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- IPA[prēˈskrīb]
美式
- (of a medical practitioner) advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for ... Dr. Greene prescribed magnesium sulfate the doctor prescribed her a drug called amantadine
Oxford American Dictionary
