名詞 prescription:

1. directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
2. a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
   同義詞：prescription drug, prescription medicine, ethical drug
3. written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
4. written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient

形容詞 prescription:

1. available only with a doctor's written prescription

1. The doctor dispensed a prescription to his patient.
   醫(yī)生開處方給病人配藥。
2. His prescription for economic recovery was not well received.
   他為經(jīng)濟(jì)復(fù)蘇提出的對(duì)策反應(yīng)不佳。
3. The prescription of drugs is a doctor's responsibility.
   開藥方是醫(yī)生的職責(zé)。
4. The doctor is writing a prescription.
   醫(yī)生正在開處方。

pre.scrip.tion

n.（名詞）

The act of establishing official rules, laws, or directions.
立法：建立官方規(guī)則，法律或指示的行為
Something prescribed as a rule.
法令，規(guī)則：作為條例而規(guī)定的東西

A written order, especially by a physician, for the preparation and administration of a medicine or other treatment.
處方，藥方：指由醫(yī)生開出的主要關(guān)于藥品或療法的書面指示
A prescribed medicine or other treatment.
處方：處方上的藥或其他療法
An ophthalmologist`s or optometrist`s written instruction, as for the grinding of corrective lenses.
眼科醫(yī)生所寫的處方：由眼科醫(yī)生或驗(yàn)光師開的書面指示，如為了磨制合適的鏡片而開的驗(yàn)光單
A formula directing the preparation of something.
指示：規(guī)定某藥物的配方
Law The process of acquiring title to property by reason of uninterrupted possession of specified duration.Also called positive prescription
【法律】 獲得財(cái)產(chǎn)權(quán)的程序：因某特定的時(shí)間延續(xù)而獲得財(cái)產(chǎn)權(quán)的程序也作 positive prescription
Law The limitation of time beyond which an action, a debt, or a crime is no longer valid or enforceable.Also called negative prescription
【法律】 追訴期限：一個(gè)時(shí)間限制，若超過該時(shí)間限制一個(gè)行動(dòng)，債務(wù)或罪行則不再有效或不再可實(shí)施也作 negative prescription
n.attributive.（定語名詞）
Often used to modify another noun:
通常用于修飾另一個(gè)名詞：
例句：
a prescription drug; a prescription pad.
處方藥；醫(yī)用棉墊

來源：
Middle English prescripcion [establishment of a claim]
中古英語 prescripcion [要求的提出]
from Old French prescription
源自 古法語 prescription
from Medieval Latin praescroptiô praescroptiôn-
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語 praescroptiô praescroptiôn-
from Latin [introduction, precept]
源自 拉丁語 [引言，戒律]
from praescroptus [past participle of] praescrobere [to order] * see prescribe
源自 praescroptus [] praescrobere的過去分詞 [命令] *參見 prescribe