prescriptive

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /pɹɪˈskɹɪptɪv/    美 /pɹɪˈskɹɪptɪv/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
    — For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com- munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken language). [...]

词形变化

more prescriptive comparative most prescriptive superlative præscriptive alternative praescriptive alternative

词源

From Latin praescriptivus (“relating to a legal exception”), from praescript- (“directed in writing”), from the verb praescribere.
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