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prostitute n.娼妓；为赚钱而作坏事的人adj.卖淫的；堕落的vt.卖身；贬损(自己) (1) 那个妓女在吗啡的作用下昏昏沉沉。(2) 警方正在调查一起妓女被杀案件。(3) 她为养活子女而操皮肉生涯。(4) 他出卖自己的荣誉真可耻。 These days a prostitute is often called a sex worker, and there are many slang words, such as hooker and whore, that mean the same thing. A prostitute works for a pimp and her customers are called johns. You could say a woman is prostituting herself, or that the pimp is prostituting her. Sometimes people who hate their jobs feel like they're prostituting themselves, even though no sex is involved.

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英 ['prɒstɪtjuːt] 美 ['prɑːstətuːt] (1) The prostitute was hopped up with morphine.(2) Police are inestigating the homicide of a prostitute.(3) She prostituted herself in order to support her children.(4) How shameful he is to prostitute his honour. A prostitute is someone who gets paid to have sex — the word usually refers to a woman, but there are male prostitutes as well. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]妓女；娼妓 A prostitute is 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2[VERB 动词]（使）沦为娼妓 If someone prostitutes a woman or if a woman prostitutes herself, she has sex or is made to have sex with men for money.   [V pron-refl]  [V n]...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3[VERB 动词]（为名利）出卖（才能） If you prostitute yourself or 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.   [V pron-refl]  [V n]  [disapproval]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

英语单词	prostitute
英美音标	英 ['prɒstɪtjuːt] 美 ['prɑːstətuːt]
中文释义	n.娼妓；为赚钱而作坏事的人 adj.卖淫的；堕落的 vt.卖身；贬损(自己)
英语例句	(1) The prostitute was hopped up with morphine. (2) Police are inestigating the homicide of a prostitute. (3) She prostituted herself in order to support her children. (4) How shameful he is to prostitute his honour.
中文例句	(1) 那个妓女在吗啡的作用下昏昏沉沉。 (2) 警方正在调查一起妓女被杀案件。 (3) 她为养活子女而操皮肉生涯。 (4) 他出卖自己的荣誉真可耻。
vocabulary简明	A prostitute is someone who gets paid to have sex — the word usually refers to a woman, but there are male prostitutes as well.
vocabulary扩展	These days a prostitute is often called a sex worker, and there are many slang words, such as hooker and whore, that mean the same thing. A prostitute works for a pimp and her customers are called johns. You could say a woman is prostituting herself, or that the pimp is prostituting her. Sometimes people who hate their jobs feel like they're prostituting themselves, even though no sex is involved.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]妓女；娼妓 A prostitute is 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 2 [VERB 动词]（使）沦为娼妓 If someone prostitutes a woman or if a woman prostitutes herself, she has sex or is made to have sex with men for money. [V pron-refl] [V n] ...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 3 [VERB 动词]（为名利）出卖（才能） If you prostitute yourself or 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. [V pron-refl] [V n] [disapproval] 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

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