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

• 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。
• 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。
• The unlicensed prostitutes were usually poor women.
  旧社会的暗门子通常都是些可怜的女人。
• 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。
• Prostitutes, ducks, all sex workers are shameless.
  妓女，鸭子，所有的性工作者都是无耻的。
• The street is notorious for its prostitutes.
  这条街道以其娼妓而臭名远扬。
• Public soliciting by prostitutes in the streets.
  娼妓在街上公开拉客。
• 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。
• 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。