prostitutes

英 [ˈprɒstɪtjuːts]

美 [ˈprɑːstɪtuːts]

n.  卖淫者; 娼妓; 妓女; 男妓
v.  滥用才能; 糟蹋自己; 卖淫; 出卖肉体
prostitute的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 妓女；娼妓
  Aprostituteis a person, usually a woman, who has sex with men in exchange for money.
  1. He admitted last week he paid for sex with a prostitute.
     他承认上个星期嫖娼了。
  2. ...male prostitutes.
     男妓
• VERB （使）沦为娼妓
  If someoneprostitutesa woman or if a womanprostitutes herself, she has sex or is made to have sex with men for money.
  1. ...this terrible story of famine and a woman who's forced to prostitute herself in order to get food.
     这个关于饥荒和一个女人为了糊口被迫沦为娼妓的悲惨故事
  2. ...prostituting his beautiful daughters.
     迫使他美丽的女儿出卖肉体
• VERB （为名利）出卖（才能）
  If youprostitute yourselfor 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.
  1. Higher education is being forced to prostitute itself to market forces.
     高等教育被迫向市场需求妥协。
  2. ...haunted by the idea of his friends whispering about his having prostituted his talent.
     对他的朋友背地议论他糟践自己的才华而感到烦恼

双语例句

• In an early project, he tallied the prevalence of HIV among intravenous drug users, including prostitutes.
  在一个早期的项目上，他统计了HIV病毒在静脉注射药物人群（包括妓女）中的流行度。
• Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places.
  禁止妓女在马路上和公共场所公然拉客。
• The girls that work for me are not prostitutes.
  为我工作的女孩不是妓女。
• Public soliciting by prostitutes in the streets.
  娼妓在街上公开拉客。
• You go to a brothel for prostitutes, why do you look for me?
  你来妓院当然找妓女，找我干嘛？
• Thugs, pickpockets and prostitutes lurked in the unlit alleys and shadowy streets.
  暴徒、小偷和娼妓鬼鬼祟祟地躲在没有灯光的小巷里和灰暗的大街上。
• In the past, only intravenous drug users and prostitutes were considered at-risk or high-risk groups.
  在过去，仅仅是静脉注射的吸毒者和妓女被认为是危险人群或高危人群。
• Other serial killers target prostitutes.
  和那些对准妓女的连环杀手一样。
• Prostitutes and casinos exist in many areas in the world, in mainland there's unlicensed prostitutes and casinos, I mentioned them only for my curiosity.
  妓女和赌场，在世界上的各处都有出现，大陆也有许多暗娼和地下赌场，我提到他们，不过出于我个人的好奇。
• I don't want anyone with factories or prostitutes or concubines.
  我不找资本家，也不要逛窑子或有小老婆的人。