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

• Did you just call my girlfriend a prostitute?
  你刚才说我的女朋友是一名妓女？
• After six months in a dungeon, he mutilated a prostitute.
  六个月后在地牢中，一个妓女被他毁了容。
• She was a one-legged prostitute.
  她是个妓女，只有一条腿。
• When I asked him if he had ever been to a prostitute he said he wouldn't degrade himself like that.
  我问他是否找过妓女时，他说他不会自贬身份去干那种事情。
• No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.
  以色列的女子中不可有妓女。以色列的男子中不可有娈童。
• He admitted last week he paid for sex with a prostitute.
  他承认上个星期嫖娼了。
• Why the big cover-up in the death of a prostitute?
  一个妓女的死为什么需要一个如此大的掩饰？
• Edward: I have never treated you like a prostitute.
  爱德华：我从来没有把你看成一个妓女。
• Jean: Will you marry a prostitute?
  你会娶一个妓女吗？
• Couldn't she be a prostitute who's thinking of becoming a nun?
  她看起来像个妓女，但是想成为一个修女？