prescribe

1. V-T If a doctor prescribes medicine or treatment for you, he or she tells you what medicine or treatment to have. 開(kāi) (藥、處方)

The physician examines the patient then diagnoses the disease and prescribes medication. 內(nèi)科醫(yī)生檢查了病人，然后對(duì)疾病作出診斷，并開(kāi)出藥方。

She took twice the prescribed dose of sleeping tablets. 她服用了所開(kāi)劑量?jī)杀兜陌裁咚帯?/p>

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. 規(guī)定[正式]

...article II of the constitution, which prescribes the method of electing a president. …規(guī)定總統(tǒng)選舉辦法的憲法第二條。