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

• These changes on prostitutes have largely embodied the rising of European social toleration.
  ***的这一变化在很大程度上体现了社会宽容度的扩大。
• Act as a go-between for prostitutes. They were approached indirectly through an intermediary.
  作中间人为***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***，结果呢，一半溜走了。
• 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。
• 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***。
• 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 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***被认为是危险人群或高危人群。
• Other serial killers target prostitutes.
  和那些对准***的连环杀手一样。
• Running prostitutes and drugs out of his clubs.
  利用他的俱乐部进行***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。