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
Today's exchange rate is 170.8.
今天的兑换率是一百七十点八。
It is easier to raise the devil than to lay him.
养虎易,驯虎难。
punctuated by textbooks----those purchasable wells of wisdom----