| 正面 | 6098.prostitute 英 ['prɒstɪtjuːt]美 ['prɑstətut]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1、re- "again" + cord- + -er.2、该词可以说与remember是殊途同归。3、该词的最初含义为：repeat, reiterate, recite, tell, relate, report, make known; remember, call to mind, think over, be mindful of. 其后，其含义演变为：set down in writing, put sound or pictures on disks, tape, etc.4、记录、记载从某种意义上讲也就是对其说的内容进行重复、复述，将其记住。记录下来的东西其实就是无声的话语，有形的记忆，看得到的记忆。vt. 使沦为妓女adj. 卖淫的；堕落的n. 妓女 例句： 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。 prostitute 卖淫，妓女，男妓来自拉丁语prostituere,卖淫，来自pro-,向前，-stit,站立，词源同stand,institute.字面意思即站在前面，引申词义买卖，供挑选等。 prostituteprostitute: [16] To prostitute something is etymologically to ‘set it up in front of everyone’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin prōstituere, a compound formed from the prefix prō- ‘before, in public’ and statuere ‘set, place’ (source of English statute). The Latin verb evolved semantically via ‘expose publicly’ and ‘offer for sale’ to ‘make available for sex in return for money’, and the feminine form of its past participle, prōstitūta, foreshadows its English noun descendant prostitute.=> statue, status, statuteprostitute (v.)1520s, "to offer to indiscriminate sexual intercourse (usually in exchange for money)," from Latin prostitutus, past participle of prostituere "to expose to prostitution, expose publicly," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + statuere "cause to stand, establish," from PIE root *sta- "to stand," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing" (see stet). Related: Prostituted; prostituting. The notion of "sex for hire" is not inherent in the etymology, which rather suggests one "exposed to lust" or sex "indiscriminately offered." However, this is now almost the official European term for the institution: German prostituierte, Russian prostitutka, etc. Figurative sense (of abilities, etc.) is from 1570s. Of men, in reference to homosexual acts, from 1886 (in form prostitution); phrase male prostitute attested by 1948.prostitute (n.)"harlot, woman who offers her body indiscriminately" (usually for money)," 1610s, from Latin prostituta "prostitute," fem. of prostitutus, past participle of prostituere (see prostitute (v.))." |