prescription

ordonnance

Instruction écrite d'un médecin pour un médicament ou un traitement, ou médicament qu'elle permet d'obtenir.

En anglais simple : A doctor's written instruction for medicine or treatment, or the medicine it allows you to get.

• The doctor wrote a prescription.
• I collected my prescription from the pharmacy.
• Do I need a prescription for this medicine?

Comment l'utiliser : a prescription for something (The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics.); on prescription (This medicine is available only on prescription.)

Expressions courantes : get a prescription, prescription for something, on prescription

recette, préconisation

Plan ou méthode conseillée pour résoudre un problème ou obtenir un résultat précis.

En anglais simple : A plan or recommended way to deal with a problem or achieve a particular result.

• His prescription for happiness is simple.
• The report offers a prescription for economic recovery.
• Ignoring these warnings is a prescription for disaster.

Comment l'utiliser : a prescription for something (Her prescription for success is hard work and patience.)

Synonymes : recipe, solution, recommendation

Expressions courantes : prescription for success, prescription for disaster, economic prescription