| 单词 | prostitute |
| 释义 | prostitute (prɒstɪtjuːt , US -tuːt ) Word forms: prostitutes , prostituting, prostituted 1. countable noun A prostitute is someone who has sex in exchange for money. He admitted last week he paid for sex with a prostitute. ...male prostitutes. 2. verb If someone prostitutes another person, or they prostitute themselves, they have sex or are made to have sex in exchange for money. ...a woman who's forced to prostitute herself in order to get food. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] 3. verb If you prostitute yourself or 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. [disapproval] Higher education is being forced to prostitute itself to market forces. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] ...haunted by the idea of his friends whispering about his having prostituted his talent. [VERB noun] Translations: Chinese: 妓女 Japanese: 売春婦 |
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