prostitutes
英 [ˈprɒstɪtjuːts]
美 [ˈprɑːstɪtuːts]
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
prostitute的第三人称单数和复数
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.- He admitted last week he paid for sex with a prostitute.
他承认上个星期嫖娼了。 - ...male prostitutes.
男妓
- He admitted last week he paid for sex with a prostitute.
- 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.- ...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 - ...prostituting his beautiful daughters.
迫使他美丽的女儿出卖肉体
- ...this terrible story of famine and a woman who's forced to prostitute herself in order to get food.
- 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.- Higher education is being forced to prostitute itself to market forces.
高等教育被迫向市场需求妥协。 - ...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
- Higher education is being forced to prostitute itself to market forces.
双语例句
- AIDS outreach programs bring medical care, condoms and counselling to prostitutes on the streets.
爱滋病扩大防治计划给街上的妓女提供医疗护理、避孕套和咨询。 - Public soliciting by prostitutes in the streets.
娼妓在街上公开拉客。 - In the past, only intravenous drug users and prostitutes were considered at-risk or high-risk groups.
在过去，仅仅是静脉注射的吸毒者和妓女被认为是危险人群或高危人群。 - Like most innocent and well-bred young women, she had a devouring curiosity about prostitutes.
像大多数有教养和天真烂漫的年轻女人那样，她对妓女怀着一份十分强烈的好奇心。 - We catch ten prostitutes and half of them go home.
我们要抓10个妓女，结果呢，一半溜走了。 - Act as a go-between for prostitutes. They were approached indirectly through an intermediary.
作中间人为妓女拉客。通过一位中间人，他们进行了间接接触。 - Thugs, pickpockets and prostitutes lurked in the unlit alleys and shadowy streets.
暴徒、小偷和娼妓鬼鬼祟祟地躲在没有灯光的小巷里和灰暗的大街上。 - They are not some sex partners but some prostitutes in the public park.
她们不是一些性伴侣而是些在公园里的野鸡。 - Prostitutes and casinos exist in many areas in the world, in mainland there's unlicensed prostitutes and casinos, I mentioned them only for my curiosity.
妓女和赌场，在世界上的各处都有出现，大陆也有许多暗娼和地下赌场，我提到他们，不过出于我个人的好奇。 - Britain's dilemma is not unique: all countries have prostitutes of varying sexes and nationalities.
英国不是唯一面临这一两难境地的国家：各个国家都有不同性别和国籍的性工作者。