prostitute

英 [ˈprɒstɪtjuːt]

美 [ˈprɑːstɪtuːt]

n.  卖淫者; 娼妓; 妓女; 男妓
v.  滥用才能; 糟蹋自己; 卖淫; 出卖肉体

复数：prostitutes　现在分词：prostituting　过去式：prostituted　过去分词：prostituted　第三人称单数：prostitutes　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6610 / COCA.6018

牛津词典

noun

• 卖淫者；娼妓；妓女；男妓
  a person who has sex for money

verb

• 滥用才能；糟蹋自己
  to use your skills, abilities, etc. to do sth that earns you money but that other people do not respect because you are capable of doing sth better
  1. Many felt he was prostituting his talents by writing Hollywood scripts.
     许多人觉得他给好莱坞写剧本是滥用自己的才华。
• 卖淫；出卖肉体
  to work as a prostitute

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 妓女；娼妓
  Aprostituteis a person, usually a woman, who has sex with men in exchange for money.
  1. He admitted last week he paid for sex with a prostitute.
     他承认上个星期嫖娼了。
  2. ...male prostitutes.
     男妓
• VERB （使）沦为娼妓
  If someoneprostitutesa woman or if a womanprostitutes herself, she has sex or is made to have sex with men for money.
  1. ...this terrible story of famine and a woman who's forced to prostitute herself in order to get food.
     这个关于饥荒和一个女人为了糊口被迫沦为娼妓的悲惨故事
  2. ...prostituting his beautiful daughters.
     迫使他美丽的女儿出卖肉体
• VERB （为名利）出卖（才能）
  If youprostitute yourselfor your talents, you do work for money or to be famous, rather than because you think it is good work or the right thing to do.
  1. Higher education is being forced to prostitute itself to market forces.
     高等教育被迫向市场需求妥协。
  2. ...haunted by the idea of his friends whispering about his having prostituted his talent.
     对他的朋友背地议论他糟践自己的才华而感到烦恼

英英释义

noun

• a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
  Synonym:cocottewhoreharlotbawdtartcyprianfancy womanworking girlsporting ladylady of pleasurewoman of the street

verb

• sell one's body

双语例句

• But you were with a prostitute.
  但是你的确是叫了个妓女。
• She became a prostitute in order to pay for her cocaine habit.
  她以娼养吸。
• He admitted last week he paid for sex with a prostitute.
  他承认上个星期嫖娼了。
• Did you just call my girlfriend a prostitute?
  你刚才说我的女朋友是一名妓女？
• He admitted to being with a prostitute.
  他承认跟一个妓女在一起。
• After that, she told him frankly that she was a prostitute.
  然后坦率地告诉他她是一个妓女。
• The spy was caught by a policewoman who posed as a prostitute.
  间谍被一个假扮妓女的女警察抓住了。
• This girl was reduced to becoming a prostitute to earn a living.
  此女子下海谋生实属无奈。
• Higher education is being forced to prostitute itself to market forces.
  高等教育被迫向市场需求妥协。
• I am the prostitute working the streets because no one will hire a transgenderedl woman.
  我是那个在街上工作的妓女，因为没人会雇佣一个变性人；