prescriptive

柯林斯詞典

1. ADJ A prescriptive approach to something involves telling people what they should do, rather than simply giving suggestions or describing what is done. 指令性的; 規(guī)定性的[正式]
...prescriptive attitudes to language on the part of teachers. ...教師們對(duì)語(yǔ)言的說(shuō)教態(tài)度。
The psychologists insist, however, that they are not being prescriptive. 然而，心理學(xué)家堅(jiān)稱他們并非一味說(shuō)教。