处方药用英文表示为prescription。prescription作为名词，是可数名词，基本含义除了“处方药”之外，还有“医生开的药”、“开处方”、“开药”、“秘诀”、“计划”等意思，复数形式为prescriptions。
prescription的基本意思及双语例句
prescription作为可数名词，意为处方;药方;医生开的药;开处方;开药；计划；建议；秘诀；后面可接介词for。例句有：
1、The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics.
医生给我开了抗生素。
2、They are not available without a prescription.
这些药没有处方不能出售。
3、The pharmacist will make up your prescription.
药剂师会给你依处方配药。
4、The prescription of drugs is a doctor's responsibility.
开药是医生的责任。
5、You will have to take your prescription to a chemist.
你得拿着处方去找药剂师。
6、The prescription Ackerman gave me isn't doing any good.
阿克曼给我开的药没有任何疗效。
7、A pharmacist can fill any prescription if, in his or her judgment, the prescription is valid.
只要药剂师认定处方有效就可按方配药。
8、Have three doses of this prescription made up at the Chinese pharmacy.
拿这张方子到中药房去配三服药。
9、When getting a new prescription, make sure the lenses have an antireflective coating.
换新的眼镜时，应该确保镜片上有一层防反射膜。
10、Is there any cold medicine I can get without a prescription?
有什么没有处方也能买的感冒药吗？
