pros·ti·tute

noun

/ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/

/ˈprɑːstɪtuːt/

a person who has sex for money卖淫者；娼妓；妓女；男妓
- men who use prostitutes嫖娼的男子
Extra Examples
- She was arrested and charged with being a common prostitute.她因卖淫而被逮捕并受到指控。
- The prostitutes solicit openly here.妓女公开在这里拉客。
- a book written by a former prostitute曾做过妓女的人写的书
Topics Jobsc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- common
- child
- teenage
- …
verb + prostitute
- be
- work as
- go to
- …
prostitute + verb
- solicit
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a verb): from Latin prostitut- ‘exposed publicly, offered for sale’, from the verb prostituere, from pro- ‘before’ + statuere ‘set up, place’.

pros·ti·tute

verb

/ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/

/ˈprɑːstɪtuːt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they prostitute	/ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/ /ˈprɑːstɪtuːt/
he / she / it prostitutes	/ˈprɒstɪtjuːts/ /ˈprɑːstɪtuːts/
past simple prostituted	/ˈprɒstɪtjuːtɪd/ /ˈprɑːstɪtuːtɪd/
past participle prostituted	/ˈprɒstɪtjuːtɪd/ /ˈprɑːstɪtuːtɪd/
-ing form prostituting	/ˈprɒstɪtjuːtɪŋ/ /ˈprɑːstɪtuːtɪŋ/

prostitute something/yourself (disapproving) to use your skills, abilities, etc. to do something that earns you money but that other people do not respect because you are capable of doing something better滥用才能；糟蹋自己
- Many felt he was prostituting his talents by writing Hollywood scripts.许多人觉得他给好莱坞写剧本是滥用自己的才华。
prostitute yourself to work as a prostitute当妓女

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