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

• After the founding of New China, Yunnan Government banned the prostitution and transformed the prostitutes into independent laborers.
  新中国成立后，云南省对卖淫嫖娼现象进行取缔，妓女被改造成为自食其力的劳动者。
• In the past, only intravenous drug users and prostitutes were considered at-risk or high-risk groups.
  在过去，仅仅是静脉注射的吸毒者和妓女被认为是危险人群或高危人群。
• The street is notorious for its prostitutes.
  这条街道以其娼妓而臭名远扬。
• The unlicensed prostitutes were usually poor women.
  旧社会的暗门子通常都是些可怜的女人。
• These changes on prostitutes have largely embodied the rising of European social toleration.
  妓女的这一变化在很大程度上体现了社会宽容度的扩大。
• 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。
• Public soliciting by prostitutes in the streets.
  娼妓在街上公开拉客。
• 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。
• 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。
• Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places.
  禁止妓女在马路上和公共场所公然拉客。