学个词Learn a Word 第1396期 prescription

　　今天我们要学的词是prescription¹。Prescription, 名词，意思是处方。最近美国卫生和公众服务部宣布，不支持在无处方的情况下向16岁以下的女孩销售紧急避孕药。 "The Department of Health and Human Services rejected an application to sell the morning-after pill to customers under 16 without a prescription," 我们可以在prescription后面直接加drug, prescription drug 就是处方药。
最近，辉瑞公司的处方药Lipitor失去了专利权。 "Expiration² of the patent for the prescription drug Lipitor led to a drastic drop in price," 处方药Lipitor的专利权过期，让这种药品的价格显著降低。好的，今天我们学习的词是 prescription...

1 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

2 expiration   

n.终结，期满，呼气，呼出物

参考例句：

• Can I have your credit card number followed by the expiration date?能告诉我你的信用卡号码和它的到期日吗?
• This contract shall be terminated on the expiration date.劳动合同期满，即行终止。