prostitutes

英 [ˈprɒstɪtjuːts]

美 [ˈprɑːstɪtuːts]

n.  卖淫者; 娼妓; ***; 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 ***；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

• 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。
• 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***烟鬼。
• 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***）中的流行度。
• 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。
• 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。
• Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places.
  禁止***在马路上和公共场所公然拉客。
• But he says he did not know some of them were prostitutes.
  但他表示，他不知道其中一些人是***。
• Public soliciting by prostitutes in the streets.
  娼妓在街上公开拉客。
• Running prostitutes and drugs out of his clubs.
  利用他的俱乐部进行***和毒品交易。
• 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。