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.
  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

双语例句

• In an early project, he tallied the prevalence of HIV among intravenous drug users, including prostitutes.
  在一个早期的项目上，他统计了HIV病毒在静脉注射药物人群（包括妓女）中的流行度。
• 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。
• Running prostitutes and drugs out of his clubs.
  利用他的俱乐部进行妓女和毒品交易。
• I think most of them have been forced to be prostitutes.
  我认为，他们中的绝大多数人是被逼为娼。
• Is it possible that you actually killed those prostitutes.
  那可能因为你真的杀了她们。
• 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。
• I don't want anyone with factories or prostitutes or concubines.
  我不找资本家，也不要逛窑子或有小老婆的人。
• The girls that work for me are not prostitutes.
  为我工作的女孩不是妓女。
• 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, ducks, all sex workers are shameless.
  妓女，鸭子，所有的性工作者都是无耻的。