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 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。
• Is it possible that you actually killed those prostitutes.
  那可能因为你真的杀了她们。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Running prostitutes and drugs out of his clubs.
  利用他的俱乐部进行妓女和毒品交易。
• Other serial killers target prostitutes.
  和那些对准妓女的连环杀手一样。
• 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。
• 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。