prostitute是什么意思

双语例句

(1)The police arrested dozens of prostitutes.

警察逮捕了数十个妓女。

(2)Her dead father ran up huge debts, so she had to prostitute herself to pay them off.

她去世的父亲欠下了巨额债务，所以她不得不卖淫来还清债务。

(3)He thought the director was prostituting his talent by asking him to write such vulgar plays.

他认为导演让他写这种庸俗的剧本是在滥用他的才华。

(4)Jodie Foster played a young prostitute in the 1976 film "Taxi Driver".

朱迪·福斯特在1976年的电影《出租车司机》中扮演一名年轻的妓女。

(5)Milton explains the preposterous idea that he has ever visited a prostitute.

弥尔顿解释了他曾拜访过妓女这一荒谬想法。

(6)If the prostitute establishment has a barbershop-like sign or neon lighting, then that's the kind of place I'm talking about.

如果妓院有类似理发店的招牌或霓虹灯，那就是我说的那种地方。

(7)How shameful he is to prostitute his honour.

他出卖自己的荣誉真可耻。

同义词

adj. 卖淫的；堕落的

n. 妓女

同根词

词根 prostitute

(1)prostitution n. 卖淫；滥用；出卖灵魂

释义

n.

a person,typically a woman,who engages in sexual activity for payment.

（尤指妇女）卖淫者，娼妓。

figurative a person who misuses their talents or who sacrifices their self-respect for the sake of personal or financial gain

〈喻〉 出卖节操者（为个人或金钱收益而滥用才华或牺牲自尊者）

the careerist political prostitutes.

追逐名利的政界失节者。

v.

offer (someone,typically a woman) for sexual activity in exchange for payment

（尤指妇女）卖淫

although she was paid ￡15 to join a man at his table,she never prostituted herself.

虽然她陪坐桌旁的男人赚到了１５英镑，她从来没有沦为妓女。

figurative put (oneself or one's talents) to an unworthy or corrupt use or purpose for the sake of personal or financial gain

〈喻〉 （为利益或金钱而）出卖（自己，才能）；滥用

his willingness to prostitute himself to the worst instincts of the electorate .

他出卖自己去迎合选民劣根性的那股乐意劲。

词源

"mid 16th cent． （as a verb）： from Latin prostitut- ‘exposed publicly,offered for sale'，from the verb prostituere,from pro- ‘before'＋statuere ‘set up,place’．"

(1)The girl's a prostitute. I'm sure she frequents many hotels.

那姑娘是妓女，她肯定经常出现在各种酒店。《House of Cards Season 2》《纸牌屋 第二季》

(2)Do you think using her work computer to Google "How to be a prostitute" is over the line?

你觉得用她工作用的电脑上网搜“怎么下海当鸡”会太过分吗？《The Big Bang Theory Season 10》《生活大爆炸 第十季》