1 to say what medicine or treatment sb should have 开药(方);处方:
Can you prescribe something for my cough please, doctor?医生,请你给我开一些咳嗽药,可以吗?
2 (formal 正式) (used about a person or an organization with authority) to say that sth must be done (指有权力的人或机构)规定,指定:
The law prescribes that the document must be signed in the presence of two witnesses.法律规定这份文件必须在有两名见证人在场的情况下签署。
prescribe/prIˋskraIb; prIˈskraIb/v [T] 1 to say what medicine or treatment an ill person should have 给…开药﹐给…开处方: prescribe sb sth The doctor prescribed him tranquilizers. 医生给他开了镇静剂。2 formal to state officially what must be done in a situation【正式】规定﹐指定: a punishment prescribed by the law 法律规定的处罚
prescribeprescribeprescribesprescribedprescribingverb (prescribes, prescribing, prescribed)to say that somebody must take a medicine: The doctor prescribed some tablets.