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单词 prescriptive
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prescriptiveadjective

uk/prɪˈskrɪp.tɪv/us/prɪˈskrɪp.tɪv/formal mainly disapproving

saying exactly what must happen, especially by giving an instruction or making a rule:

Most teachers think the government's guidelines on homework are too prescriptive.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Giving orders & commands

  • all-points bulletin
  • boss
  • bossyboots
  • chain of command
  • charge
  • crack the whip idiom
  • defy
  • demand
  • dun
  • enjoin
  • expect
  • forget
  • harry
  • lay down the law idiom
  • mandate
  • ordain
  • order sb around
  • overbearing
  • prescribed
  • steamroller

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prescriptiveadjective

us/prɪˈskrɪp·tɪv/

tending to say what someone should do or how something should be done:

His basic attitude toward language is highly prescriptive.
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