The process is both descriptive and prescriptive.

这个过程既描述性的，也规定性的。

But being too prescriptive about what they should say risks making the entire exercise look insincere.

于他应该说什么管得太严冒险地让整个活动看起来不真诚。

Believing in good grammar is inherently prescriptive.

相信良好的语法本质上规定性的。

Which ones are prescriptive and which ones should you ignore?

哪些规定性的，哪些应该忽略？

And in my writing, I'm much more comfortable being descriptive, not prescriptive.

在我的写作中，我更愿意描述性，而不规定性。

But it is a true piece of data that's observational and not prescriptive.

这一个真实的数据，观察性的而不规定性的。

My first insight is that this data is descriptive, not prescriptive; it's a representation of how things are but not how they should be.

我的第一个见解，这些描述性数据，而不规范性数据；它代表了事物的现状，而不它应该怎样。

It's too early to institute prescriptive policies about how students can use the tech.

现在就学生如何使用这项技术制定规定性政策还为时过早。

She throws out provocative questions and does not become too prescriptive — the mark of a good book.

她抛出挑衅性的问题， 并且不会变得过于规范——这一本好书的标志。

Now, we've been talking about roles as though they’re prescriptive, or that they totally determine our behavior.

现在，我一直在谈论角色，就好像它规定性的，或者它决定了我的行为。

For example, a prescriptive grammarian might say, " Don't use a double negative because it is illogical" .

例如，一个规定性语法学家可能会说，" 不要使用双重否定，因为它不合逻辑的。"

A prescriptive process is like asking a pro like Michael Phelps for swimming advice and then putting into practice what he says.

规定性过程就好比向迈克尔·菲尔普斯这样的专业人士请教游泳技巧，然后把他说的付诸实践。

At the same time, the Writing Process is prescriptive, or a model that experts say will work and that you can count on.

同时，写作过程也规定性的，或者说专家认为行之有效、你可以信赖的模式。

Most of these works, Lowth's in particular, were extremely prescriptive, stating in no uncertain terms the " correct" way of using English.

这些作品中的大多数， 尤其劳斯的作品， 都非常规范， 毫不含糊地陈述了使用英语的“正确” 方式。

Most dictionaries in Webster's time were prescriptive: they dictated how words should be used, rather than documenting the way people actually used language in daily life.

他规定了词语的常规用法，却没有记录日常生活中人实际上如何使用这些词语的。

Just descriptive data, but that evolution has really started to, you know, really change now with more predictive, you know, algorithms, and ideally over time to prescriptive outlook.

只描述性的数据已经不够了，技术开始发展，现在有了更多的预测性，算法在理想情况下随着时间的推移会进行规范的预测。

One of the big prescriptives of the book is something I call " life layering" - each decade of your life, add another layer of interest.

答：这本书的一个重要规定我称之为“生活分层” 的东西——你生命中的每十年， 增加另一层兴趣。

Prescriptive grammarians took hold and told school children that just as there're fundamental laws of the universe, there is a definitively correct way to write English.

规范性语法学家告诉学生， 正如宇宙存在基本法则一样，也有绝正确的英语书写方式。

I'm describing? It's Mr. E. Right? I described it to you. An ESL dictionary is descriptive, right? So the first thing you should know is, is your dictionary prescriptive or descriptive?

E 先生， 吧？ 我给你描述过了。 ESL 词典描述性的， 我在描述？吗？ 所以你首先应该知道的， 你的字典说明性的还描述性的？

Because it's like, if you have a situation where the best idea wins, you will get magic out of people that you would never get if you tried to be prescriptive.

因为这就像， 如果你遇到最好的想法获胜的情况，你就会从人身上获得魔力， 而如果你试图遵循规范， 你永远不会获得这种魔力。