英语词汇“prescribe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

prescribeprescribe /prɪˈskraɪb/ ●●○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYprescribe

Origin: 1400-1500 Latin praescribere to write at the beginning, order

VERB TABLE

prescribe

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	prescribe
	he, she, it	prescribes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	prescribed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have prescribed
	he, she, it	has prescribed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had prescribed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will prescribe
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have prescribed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am prescribing
	he, she, it	is prescribing
	you, we, they	are prescribing
Past	I, he, she, it	was prescribing
	you, we, they	were prescribing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been prescribing
	he, she, it	has been prescribing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been prescribing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be prescribing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been prescribing

1to officially say what medicine or treatment a sick person should have: prescribe something for somebody/something Doctors commonly prescribe steroids for children with asthma.2to state officially what someone can and cannot do, or what should be done in a particular situation: Four years is the minimum jail sentence that federal law prescribes. [Origin: 1400–1500 Latin praescribere to write at the beginning, order]