Picture a sheet of paper that was written before anyone arrived. It already says what is to be done, step by step, and everyone who walks in works from it. Prescriptive describes anything with the character of that sheet of paper: it lays down what should happen, instead of watching what does happen and writing that down afterwards.
From the word’s history
The word comes from Latin praescriptivus, built on praescribere, which carried the idea of directing something in writing beforehand. That is the same picture the modern uses still work from.
這個字來自拉丁文 praescriptivus，而它建立在 praescribere 上，帶有「事先以書面指示」的意思。今天的各種用法，都還在同一張「事先寫好的紙」上面運作。
Wiktionary entry 'prescriptive' (packet etymology_text: 'From Latin praescriptivus (relating to a legal exception), from praescript- (directed in writing), from the verb praescribere'; source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:463242810:8300)
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