prescribe /prɪˈskraɪb/ CET4 TEM4 ( prescribing, prescribed, prescribes )

• 1. 

  V-T If a doctor prescribes medicine or treatment for you, he or she tells you what medicine or treatment to have. 开 (药、处方)

  例：

  The physician examines the patient then diagnoses the disease and prescribes medication.

  内科医生检查了病人，然后对疾病作出诊断，并开出药方。

  例：

  She took twice the prescribed dose of sleeping tablets.

  她服用了所开剂量两倍的安眠药。

• 2. 

  V-T If a person or set of laws or rules prescribes an action or duty, they state that it must be carried out. 规定 [正式]

  例：

  ...article II of the constitution, which prescribes the method of electing a president.

  …规定总统选举办法的宪法第二条。