Doctors confine themselves to prescribing rather than dispensing.是什么意思？

Doctors confine themselves to prescribing rather than dispensing.

医生仅仅是开药而不配药。

doctors

n. 医生，大夫( doctor的名词复数 )，博士；

例句
To save his life, doctors amputated his legs...
为了挽救他的生命，医生们截掉了他的双腿。

confine

vt. 限制，局限于，禁闭，管制；n. 界限，范围，国

例句
The US will soon be taking steps to confine the conflict.
美国很快就会采取措施限制冲突。

themselves

pron. 他[她，它]们自己，他们亲自，“himself”的复数，“herself”的复数；

例句
Most officers and men acquitted themselves well throughout the action.
大多数军官及士兵在整个战斗中表现出色。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

prescribing

v. 开药方( prescribe的现在分词 )，指示，规定，指定遵守；

例句
Doctors confine themselves to prescribing rather than dispensing.
医生仅仅是开药而不配药。

rather

adv. 稍微，有点，相当，颇，宁愿，相反地；int. 当然啦，怎么不；

例句
These wines may taste rather hard and somewhat acid.
这些酒可能喝着比较冲并且有股酸味。

than

conj. 比（用于比较级），宁愿…而不愿，除…以外，一…就；prep. 超过，比；

例句
...more than a thousand acres of land.
1,000多英亩地

dispensing

v. 分配( dispense的现在分词 )，施与，配（药）；

例句
Some shops gave wrong or inadequate advice when dispensing homeopathic medicines...
有些药店在配发顺势疗法的药物时给出了错误或不当的建议。