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单词 prescriptive
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pre•scrip•tive /prɪˈskrɪptɪv/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. eager to set down rules:prescriptive writers wanting everyone to follow the rules that they declare correct.
See -scrib-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pre•scrip•tive  (pri skrip′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. that prescribes;
    giving directions or injunctions:a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
  2. depending on or arising from effective legal prescription, as a right or title established by a long unchallenged tenure.
  • prescript + -ive, modeled on descriptive, etc. 1740–50
pre•scrip′tive•ly, adv. 
pre•scrip′tive•ness, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
prescriptive /prɪˈskrɪptɪv/ adj
  1. making or giving directions, rules, or injunctions
  2. sanctioned by long-standing usage or custom
  3. derived from or based upon legal prescription: a prescriptive title

preˈscriptively adv preˈscriptiveness n
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