prescriptive
adj
(fml 文)1
(a) making rules or giving orders or directions 规定的; 指定的; 规范的
prescriptive teaching methods 规定的教学法.
(b) (grammar) telling people how they ought to use a language (在指导语言运用方面)规定性的, 规范性的
a prescriptive grammar of the English language 英语规范语法. Cf 参看 descriptive 2.
2 made legal or acceptable by long-standing custom 因长期使用而合法或认可的; 约定俗成的
prescriptive rights 因时效而获得的权利.
🗣️ 情景例句
He applied to Columbia,
他申请了Columbia大学。
All these articles are best selling lines.
所有这些产品都是我们的畅销货。
Sometimes the secrecy goes to such an extent that the whole nature of the research cannot be mentioned.