单词 | prostitute |
释义 | prostitute¹ 1.(female prostitute)妓女 He admitted last week he paid for sex with a prostitute.他承认上周和一个妓女进行了性交易。 2.(male prostitute)男妓 a 19-year-old male prostitute一名19岁的男妓 3.(mercenary person)出卖节操者;(为图利而)出卖才能者 prostitute² 1.(offer to sell sex)使卖淫;使沦为娼妓 a woman who's forced to prostitute herself in order to get food一个被迫靠出卖肉体来糊口的女人 He was accused of prostituting his beautiful daughters.他被指控迫使自己几个美丽的女儿卖淫。 2.(offer for unworthy purposes)(为不值得的目的而)出卖(自己), 滥用(才能), 糟蹋(才华) to prostitute yourself出卖自己 Higher education is prostituting itself to market forces.高等教育正在被迫向市场需求妥协。 to prostitute your talent滥用自己的天赋 He had prostituted his talent as a writer, churning out cheap thrillers.他糟蹋了自己的写作天赋, 炮制了很多粗俗的惊险小说。 |
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