prescription

receta

Indicación escrita de un médico para un medicamento o tratamiento; también puede referirse al medicamento que permite obtener.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: a prescription for something (The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics.); on prescription (This medicine is available only on prescription.)

Expresiones frecuentes: get a prescription, prescription for something, on prescription

receta, fórmula

Plan o método recomendado para resolver un problema o conseguir un resultado.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: a prescription for something (Her prescription for success is hard work and patience.)

Sinónimos: recipe, solution, recommendation

Expresiones frecuentes: prescription for success, prescription for disaster, economic prescription