pre·scrip·tion
noun/prɪˈskrɪpʃn/
/prɪˈskrɪpʃn/
- [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 ExamplesTopics Healthcarec1- I 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 The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics.
- [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 Healthcarec1- Physicians 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
- …
- The pharmacist will make up your prescription.
- [uncountable] the act of prescribing medicine
开处方；开药 - The prescription of drugs is a doctor's responsibility.
开药是医生的责任。
- The prescription of drugs is a doctor's responsibility.
- [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.
双方将概述经济复苏的方案。
- a prescription for happiness
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.