"to write down as a direction," mid-15c., from Latin praescribere "write beforehand" (see prescription). Related: Prescribed; prescribing. Medical sense is from 1580s, probably a back formation from prescription.
雙語例句
1. The law allows doctors to prescribe contraception to the under 16s.
法律允許醫生給16歲以下未成年人開避孕藥。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Therapists cannot prescribe drugs as they are not necessarily medically qualified.
由于治療師不一定具有行醫資格，所以他們不可以開處方。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The doctor prepared to prescribe a receipt.
醫生準備開個藥方.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Can't you just prescribe some of those diet pills, doctor?
你不能開一些減肥藥嗎, 醫生?
來自超越目標英語 第4冊
5. They encourage doctors to prescribe cheaper generic drugs instead of more expensive brand names.