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- a person, typically a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.（尤指妇女）卖淫者, 娼妓。
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- 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。
with obj.
1- 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。
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- 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。
派生词
prostitutor
noun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'.