n. 处方，药方；处方药；开处方，开药方；<正式>解决方法，诀窍；<法律>取得的时效（根据长期或不确定时期持续使用或以长期习惯为基础确立的要求权）（=positive prescription)）
adj. 凭处方方可购买的
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prescriptions
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folk prescription偏方；民间药方
prescription drug须医师处方才可买的药品
词根：prescript
adj.
prescriptive 规定的，规范的；指定的
prescript 规定的；有时效的
n.
prescript 规定；命令
prescriptivism 规范主义；规约论；指示论
1.Most users of prescription drugs don't worry about costs a lot.
大多数处方药使用者并不担心花费太高。
2.They are not available without a prescription.
这些药没有处方不能出售。
3.Nicola got her prescription for strep.
妮古拉拿了治疗链球菌性咽喉炎的处方药。
4.If the doctor says you will get better by yourself, then this is a powerful prescription in itself.
如果医生说你会自己慢慢好起来，那么这本身就是一剂强有力的处方。
5.And patients are the ones who pay—in the form of sky-rocketing prescription prices—for every pen that's handed out, every free theatre ticket, and every steak dinner eaten.
而患者则是以天价处方药的形式，为每一支派发的钢笔、每一张免费的戏票、每一次吃的牛排晚餐买单。
6."Presumably it's because it's simple and easy to write a prescription and consider a patient case closed rather than investigate further," Polman says.
波尔曼说：“这可能是因为开处方很简单，也很容易，而且只考虑病人当前的情况，无需对其进一步检查。”