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

• The unlicensed prostitutes were usually poor women.
  旧社会的暗门子通常都是些可怜的女人。
• Prostitutes and casinos exist in many areas in the world, in mainland there's unlicensed prostitutes and casinos, I mentioned them only for my curiosity.
  妓女和赌场，在世界上的各处都有出现，大陆也有许多暗娼和地下赌场，我提到他们，不过出于我个人的好奇。
• The street is notorious for its prostitutes.
  这条街道以其娼妓而臭名远扬。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• The girls that work for me are not prostitutes.
  为我工作的女孩不是妓女。
• Is it possible that you actually killed those prostitutes.
  那可能因为你真的杀了她们。
• 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。