【问】 prescribe与proscribe很容易混淆。请区分。

【答】 prescribe是指“开(药)”、“规定”：

1. The doctor prescribed a new medicine for the pain in my joints. (LDCE)

医生为治我的关节痛开了一种新药。

2. Good citizens do what the laws prescribe. (Thorndike)

好的公民应做法律所规定的事情。proscribe则是指“禁止”：

In earlier days，the church proscribed dancing and card playing.

从前，教会禁止跳舞和玩牌。

请做下面的英语试题：

Weight lifting is the gymnastic sport of lifting weights in a prescribed manner.

A. vigorous B. popular

C. certain D. careful(TOEFL)