单词prescriptive
adj.: 指定的；规定的；规范的；约定俗成的
网络: 规范性；规定性；规定性的
指定的；规定的:
telling people what should be done
规定的；规范的:
telling people how a language should be used, rather than describing how it is used
约定俗成的；相沿成习的:
made legal or acceptable because they have existed for a long time
【法律】依照时效的,因时效而得的;由于长期使用而获得的
惯例的;约定俗成的
规定的;指示的,命令的
adj.narrowrigidstrictunbendinginflexible
adj.lax
For clarity, our intent is not to be prescriptive in terms of what constitutes good app design.
不过，我们并不规定什么是优秀的应用程序设计。
Mathematics is a product of Man. Its laws were invented to help make sense of the universe, and are descriptive, not prescriptive.
数学是人类的产物。人类发现它的规则，用于帮助自己了解宇宙，因而它是描述性的，而不是说明性的。
The practical strategy for a security implementation is much more likely to be developed through a more prescriptive process.
安全政策执行的首要策略，更有可能是通过一个约定俗成的过程来开发的。
But policy analysis is not really the point of his book, which is at its best when it is being merely descriptive, not prescriptive.
但是政策分析并非本书实质的重点，因此最好只是描述一下，而不作说明。
But policymakers have also to remember that prescriptive regulation is often counterproductive.
但决策者也必须记住，指令性监管通常会产生反效果。
The logical starting point established in the light of this principle contains prescriptive theories of the discipline.
照此原则所确定的逻辑起点包含了对学科理论体系的规定性。
Time wants us to "leave aside the prescriptive parts, " which is like going to the doctor for a diagnosis, but not for a cure.
《时代》杂志提醒我们要“把有时效性的部分忽略不计”，这就好像是：为了一纸诊断书去看医生，而不是为了治好病。
So by this definition, Best Practices are a set of context-independent, unambiguous, prescriptive activities.
所以根据这个定义，“最佳实践”就是一系列与上下文无关的、明确无误的、规定好的活动。
brown generally denotes drug energy and entities of both a prescriptive nature along with those drugs used for pleasure.
褐色通常表示毒品能量和为了享乐而使用毒品的存有们。
Some are prescriptive, enshrining freedoms, curtailing the powers of the state and generally hampering would-be dictators.
一类是规范性宪法，这类宪法重视自由，弱化政权，制衡可能存在的独裁者。