英 [prɪˈskrɪptɪv] 美 [prɪˈskrɪptɪv]
adj. 规定的，指定的；（语言）规范的；（权利、头衔或制度因长期使用或随时间推移变得）合法的，约定俗成的
prescriptive /prɪˈskrɪptɪv/
形容词 A prescriptive approach to something involves telling people what they should do, rather than simply giving suggestions or describing what is done. 指令性的; 规定性的
...prescriptive attitudes to language on the part of teachers.
...教师们对语言的说教态度。
The psychologists insist, however, that they are not being prescriptive.
然而，心理学家坚称他们并非一味说教。
pertaining to giving directives or rules
prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage
同义词： normative
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Our country has obeyed the Prescriptive Code in fire protection design for a long time, but in the course of implementing code, we had some questions on restriction and security of the projects based on the Prescriptive Fire Protection Code.
我们国家长期以来是遵从处方式防火规范来进行设计，但在长期的实施过程中，我们对依照处方式规范而带来的制约与安全性方面产生质疑。
惯例的
...实践性和艺术性于一体的翻译创作活动能否固囿于特定的模式,它所要求的翻译理论是描述性(descriptive)的还是规定性(prescriptive)的,这些问题似乎还未引起翻译界的足够重视。
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prescript 规定的；有时效的
规定的，规范的；指定的
specified / stated / regulation / named / set
The psychologists insist, however, that they are not being prescriptive.
然而，心理学家坚称他们并非一味说教。
Prescriptive grammarians have been presented as blind adherents to a historical tradition.
严格规范的语法学家被描述为对历史传统的盲目追随者。
Implicitly or explicitly, American fashion addressed a democracy, whereas traditional Paris-based fashion was prescriptive and imposed on women, willing or not.
美国时装明着暗着都会强调民主，而以巴黎为基础的传统时装则是约定俗成的、不管女性愿不愿意强加于她们的。
Other cultures don't use this type of prescriptive notation.
其他文化不使用这样说明性的记谱法
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Even the good spectrum proposals, however, may be hampered by overly prescriptive rules based on scarcity.
More recently ministers have been positively prescriptive, suggesting how many plants might be built and where.
Yet the code drafted not by Mr Higgs, but mostly by civil servants appears excessively detailed and prescriptive.