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

• In an early project, he tallied the prevalence of HIV among intravenous drug users, including prostitutes.
  在一个早期的项目上，他统计了HIV病毒在静脉注射药物人群（包括妓女）中的流行度。
• Pushkin was a womaniser whose conquests included everyone from prostitutes to princesses.
  普希金是个情场老手，各种各样的女性，从妓女到公主，都成了他的俘虏。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Public soliciting by prostitutes in the streets.
  娼妓在街上公开拉客。
• 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。
• 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。
• We are all prostitutes, but you are queen.
  我们都是妓女，但你是王后。