prescriptive
adjective /prɪˈskrɪptɪv/
/prɪˈskrɪptɪv/
- (formal) telling people what should be done
指定的；规定的 - prescriptive methods of teaching
灌输式教学法
- prescriptive methods of teaching
- (linguistics
语言学 规定的；规范的 - a prescriptive grammar of English
英语的规定性语法
- a prescriptive grammar of English
- (specialist) (of rights and institutions
权利和制度 约定俗成的；相沿成习的 - prescriptive powers
相沿成习的权力
- prescriptive powers
词源mid 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’.