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 the popular image they were criminals, gamblers, prostitutes, and opium smokers.
  在公众的印象中，他们不是罪犯，赌徒，娼妓，就是鸦片烟鬼。
• 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。
• You go to a brothel for prostitutes, why do you look for me?
  你来妓院当然找妓女，找我干嘛？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The girls that work for me are not prostitutes.
  为我工作的女孩不是妓女。
• As governor, he signed into law a bill that increased the penalties of those who patronized prostitutes.
  作为纽约州长，他签署了一部法案，该法案增加了对嫖娼者的罚款。
• 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。