报告称音乐“王子”的尸体发现处方药

AS IT IS 2016-04-29 Reports: Prescription¹ Drugs Found with Prince's Body 报告称音乐“王子”的尸体发现处方药

Media reports say police discovered prescription drugs with Prince when the entertainer was found dead at his home last week.

Several news organizations, including ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC, are citing law enforcement sources as the basis of the information. They do not further identify the sources, however. The reports say prescription painkillers² were found on the 57-year-old artist and in his home. The Minneapolis Star Tribune also reported that it was not clear whether the drugs were prescribed to Prince.

Prince died April 21. Doctors have completed an examination of his body but results are not expected for several weeks.

Several news groups also reported that Minnesota investigators⁴ have asked the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for help.

However, A Carver County police official Wednesday night said the DEA "is not part of the investigation⁵ at this time." DEA officials have not commented.

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prescription – n. a medicine that a doctor officially tells someone to use

cite – v. to write or say the words of (someone)

painkiller³ – n. a drug that removes or reduces pain

1 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

2 painkillers   

n.止痛药( painkiller的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The doctor gave him some painkillers to ease the pain. 医生给了他一些止疼片以减缓疼痛。 来自辞典例句
• The primary painkillers - opiates, like OxyContin - are widely feared, misunderstood and underused. 人们对主要的镇痛药——如鸦片剂奥施康定——存在广泛的恐惧、误解，因此没有充分利用。 来自时文部分

3 painkiller   

n.止痛药

参考例句：

• I shall persuade him to take the painkiller.我将说服他把药吃下去。
• The painkiller only provides him a short respite from his pain.止痛药仅仅让他在疼痛中有短暂的疏解。

4 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。