a piece of paper on which a doctor writes what medicine a sick person should have, so that they can get it from a PHARMACIST

处方，药方;

a prescription for sleeping pills

安眠药处方

We are trying to cut the price of prescription drugs .

我们正努力降低处方药的价格。

a repeat prescription (=one that you have regularly)

重复处方

I got the prescription filled on the way home.

回家的路上我买了医生开给我的药。

a particular medicine or treatment ordered by a doctor for a sick person

〔医生开的〕处方药，治疗方法:

If you're pregnant, you can get free prescriptions.

要是怀孕的话可以获得免费的处方药。

on prescription, [BrE] , by prescription [AmE] a drug that you get on prescription can only be obtained with a written order from the doctor

凭处方的，根据药方的;

an idea or suggestion about how you should behave, or how to make a situation, activity etc successful

解决方法，诀窍:

The party's main prescription for educational problems was to give schools more money.

该政党解决教育问题的诀窍主要是给学校提供更多资金。