prescribe

recommend, advocate, propose, suggest, prescribe

动词 prescribe:

1. issue commands or orders for
   同义词：order, dictate

1. Regulations prescribe certain standards for building materials.
   有规章规定建筑材料的某些标准。
2. Army regulations prescribe how rifles must be carried.
   军规中对持枪方式有明文规定。
3. The law prescribes heavy penalties for this offence.
   法律规定对这种不法行为从严惩处。
4. What medicine did the doctor prescribe for your illness?
   医生开了什么药来治你的病？
5. Regulations prescribe that a lawyer draw up the paper.
   条文规定必须由律师拟定此公文。

pre.scribe

v.（动词）
pre.scribed,pre.scrib.ing,pre.scribes
v.tr.（及物动词）
To set down as a rule or guide; enjoin.See Synonyms at dictate
指定，规定：作为规则或指示确定下来；责令参见 dictate
To order the use of (a medicine or other treatment).
规定：嘱咐（某药或其它疗法）的用法
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To establish rules, laws, or directions.
建立规定，法律或指示
To order a medicine or other treatment.
开处方，给医嘱
Law
【法律】
To assert a right or title to something on the grounds of prescription.
因法定期限完结取得权利
To become invalidated or unenforceable by the process of prescription.
因法定期限完结而丧失权利或不可执行

来源：
Middle English prescriben
中古英语 prescriben
from Latin praescrobere
源自 拉丁语 praescrobere
prae- [pre-]
prae- [前缀，表.在…之前.]
scrobere [to write] * see skrobh-
scrobere [写] *参见 skrobh-

【引伸】
prescrib.er
n.（名词）