prescriptive

adjective

/prɪˈskrɪptɪv/

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(formal) telling people what should be done
- prescriptive methods of teaching
(linguistics) telling people how a language should be used, rather than describing how it is used
- a prescriptive grammar of English
opposite descriptive
(specialist) (of rights and institutions) made legal or acceptable because they have existed for a long time
- prescriptive powers

Word Originmid 18th cent.: from late Latin praescriptivus ‘relating to a legal exception’, from praescript- ‘directed in writing’, from the verb praescribere ‘direct in writing’, from prae ‘before’ + scribere ‘write’.

单词	prescriptive
释义	prescriptive adjective /prɪˈskrɪptɪv/ /prɪˈskrɪptɪv/ jump to other results (formal) telling people what should be done prescriptive methods of teaching (linguistics) telling people how a language should be used, rather than describing how it is used a prescriptive grammar of English opposite descriptive (specialist) (of rights and institutions) made legal or acceptable because they have existed for a long time prescriptive powers Word Originmid 18th cent.: from late Latin praescriptivus ‘relating to a legal exception’, from praescript- ‘directed in writing’, from the verb praescribere ‘direct in writing’, from prae ‘before’ + scribere ‘write’.
随便看	incommunicado incomparability incomparable incomparably incompatibility incompatible incompetence incompetent incompetent_2 incompetently incomplete incomplete_1 incomplete_2 incompletely incompleteness incomprehensibility incomprehensible incomprehensibly incomprehension inconceivable inconceivably inconclusive inconclusively incongruity incongruous