单词 | prescriptive |
释义 | prescriptive[ pri-skrip-tiv ] / prɪˈskrɪp tɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR prescriptive ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivethat prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father. depending on or arising from effective legal prescription, as a right or title established by a long unchallenged tenure. Origin of prescriptive1740–50; prescript + -ive, modeled on descriptive, etc. OTHER WORDS FROM prescriptivepre·scrip·tive·ly, adverbpre·scrip·tive·ness, nounnon·pre·scrip·tive, adjectiveDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for prescriptiveprescriptive / (prɪˈskrɪptɪv) / adjectivemaking or giving directions, rules, or injunctions sanctioned by long-standing usage or custom derived from or based upon legal prescriptiona prescriptive title Derived forms of prescriptiveprescriptively, adverbprescriptiveness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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