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 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，就是鸦片烟鬼。
• Running prostitutes and drugs out of his clubs.
  利用他的俱乐部进行妓女和毒品交易。
• 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妓女被认为是危险人群或高危人群。
• 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。
• The girls that work for me are not prostitutes.
  为我工作的女孩不是妓女。
• They are not some sex partners but some prostitutes in the public park.
  她们不是一些性伴侣而是些在公园里的野鸡。
• Other serial killers target prostitutes.
  和那些对准妓女的连环杀手一样。
• 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。
• 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。
• Prostitutes, ducks, all sex workers are shameless.
  妓女，鸭子，所有的性工作者都是无耻的。