prescribe

vt

• ① 指示;命令;规定;指定
  • The law prescribes heavy penalties for this crime.法律给这种罪定了重罚。
  • School regulations prescribe that students must wear uniforms.校规规定学生必须穿制服。
  • You have no right to prescribe to others how they should act.你无权规定别人应该怎么做。
  • The teacher prescribed to his students which books to use.老师给学生规定要用哪些书。

• ② 【医】开(药方);指定(疗法)
  • Her doctor prescribed a sedative.她的医师开了镇定剂。
  • My doctor prescribed aspirin for my headache.我的医生为我的头痛开了阿斯匹灵。
  • He prescribed a new medicine for me.=He prescribed me a new medicine.他给我开了一种新药。