1 a recipe (for sth) the instructions for cooking or preparing sth to eat. A recipe tells you what to use (the ingredients) and what to do 食谱；烹饪法: a recipe for chocolate cake 巧克力蛋糕制作法

2 a recipe for sth the way to get or produce sth 诀窍；妙方: Putting Dave in charge of the project is a recipe for disaster. 让戴夫负责这项工程可能会酿成灾祸。