- [countable]
an official piece of paper on which a doctor writes the type of medicine you should have, and which enables you to get it from a chemist's 处方；药方 - prescription for something
The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics. 医生给我开了抗生素。 - on prescription (British English)
Antibiotics are only available on prescription. 抗生素只能凭处方购买。 - by prescription (North American English)
Antibiotics are only available by prescription. 抗生素只能凭处方购买。 They are not available without a prescription. 这些药没有处方不能出售。 prescription drugs/medication(s) 处方药
Extra ExamplesI just get a repeat prescription every week. 每周给我开的处方都一样。 She scribbled on her prescription pad and handed me a sheet. 她在处方便笺簿上画拉了几笔，然后撕下一张递给我。 the usual prescription for asthma 治疗哮喘病常开的处方 the rising rate of drug prescriptions for emotional and psychological complaints 为情感和心理方面的症状而开的药物处方比例的上升
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- medical
- free
- repeat
- …
- give somebody
- write
- write out
- …
- charges
- cost
- benefit
- …
- by prescription
- on prescription
- without (a) prescription
- …
- prescription for something
- [countable]
medicine that your doctor has ordered for you 医生开的药 The pharmacist will make up your prescription. 药剂师会给你依处方配药。 a prescription charge (= in Britain, the money you must pay for a medicine your doctor has ordered for you) 处方药费
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc1Physicians often underestimate retail prescription costs. 医生往往低估零售处方的费用。 The drug will be covered by Medicare's new prescription benefit. 这种药物将包含在医疗保险的新处方药福利之内。 The pharmacist dispenses prescriptions for antidepressants. 药剂师按抗抑郁症的处方配药。 You are entitled to free prescriptions. 你有权享有免费处方。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- medical
- free
- repeat
- …
- give somebody
- write
- write out
- …
- charges
- cost
- benefit
- …
- by prescription
- on prescription
- without (a) prescription
- …
- [uncountable]
the act of prescribing medicine 开处方；开药 - [countable] prescription (for something) (formal)
a plan or a suggestion for making something happen or for improving it 计划；建议；秘诀 a prescription for happiness 增进幸福的秘诀 Both parties will be outlining their prescription for economic recovery. 两党都将概述他们的经济复苏方案。
Word Originlate Middle English (as a legal term): via Old French from Latin praescriptio(n-), from the verb praescribere ‘direct in writing’, from prae ‘before’ + scribere ‘write’. Senses (1) to (3) date from the late 16th cent.