prescribed

1. V-T If a doctor prescribes medicine or treatment for you, he or she tells you what medicine or treatment to have. 开 (药、处方)

The physician examines the patient then diagnoses the disease and prescribes medication. 内科医生检查了病人，然后对疾病作出诊断，并开出药方。

She took twice the prescribed dose of sleeping tablets. 她服用了所开剂量两倍的安眠药。

2. V-T If a person or set of laws or rules prescribes an action or duty, they state that it must be carried out. 规定[正式]

...article II of the constitution, which prescribes the method of electing a president. …规定总统选举办法的宪法第二条。