prostitute

noun

1. 卖淫者；娼妓；***；男妓
   a person who has sex for money

verb

1. 滥用才能；糟蹋自己
   to use your skills, abilities, etc. to do sth that earns you money but that other people do not respect because you are capable of doing sth better
   1. 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。
2. 卖淫；出卖肉体
   to work as a prostitute

1. N-COUNT ***；娼妓
   A prostitute is 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
2. VERB （使）沦为娼妓
   If someone prostitutes a woman or if a woman prostitutes 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
3. VERB （为名利）出卖（才能）
   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.
   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

1. When I asked him if he had ever been to a prostitute he said he wouldn't degrade himself like that.
   我问他是否找过***时，他说他不会自贬身份去干那种事情。
2. She became a prostitute in order to pay for her cocaine habit.
   她以娼养吸。
3. He admitted last week he paid for sex with a prostitute.
   他承认上个星期嫖娼了。
4. Higher education is being forced to prostitute itself to market forces.
   高等教育被迫向市场需求妥协。
5. The spy was caught by a policewoman who posed as a prostitute.
   间谍被一个假扮***的女警察抓住了。
6. This girl was reduced to becoming a prostitute to earn a living.
   此女子下海谋生实属无奈。
7. No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.
   以色列的女子中不可有***。以色列的男子中不可有娈童。
8. Jean: Will you marry a prostitute?
   你会娶一个***吗？
9. Then can it be "street prostitute festival"?
   那它不就成了“野鸡节”了？
10. Lyman lost a cufflink at the flat of a prostitute.
    莱曼在一个***的公寓里丢失了一个袖扣。
11. Adam slept with a prostitute in vegas.
    亚当在拉斯维加斯和***上床。
12. He thought she was a prostitute.
    他想她大概是个***吧。
13. He admitted to being with a prostitute.
    他承认跟一个***在一起。
14. Was she really a prostitute?
    她真的是个***？
15. He tried to avoid the prostitute's eyes as she watched the pair jog past.
    他试着避免和***眼神的接触，当她看着他们两人慢跑经过的时候。
16. Why the big cover-up in the death of a prostitute?
    一个***的死为什么需要一个如此大的掩饰？
17. Couldn't she be a prostitute who's thinking of becoming a nun?
    她看起来像个***，但是想成为一个修女？
18. She was a one-legged prostitute.
    她是个***，只有一条腿。
19. She's a local prostitute.
    她是本地一个***。
20. I am the prostitute working the streets because no one will hire a transgenderedl woman.
    我是那个在街上工作的***，因为没人会雇佣一个变性人；
21. You do realize that one out of every eight adult women in America is a prostitute.
    你要意识到，每八个美国成年女性，就有一个是***。
22. Did you just call my girlfriend a prostitute?
    你刚才说我的女朋友是一名***？
23. After six months in a dungeon, he mutilated a prostitute.
    六个月后在地牢中，一个***被他毁了容。
24. I was prostitute in moscow.
    我原来在莫斯科是个***。
25. But you were with a prostitute.
    但是你的确是叫了个***。
26. Peter being blackmailed by a prostitute? It's ridiculous.
    彼得被一个***敲诈？太荒谬了。
27. I'm sweating like a prostitute in church.
    我汗出得像在教堂里的***。
28. After that, she told him frankly that she was a prostitute.
    然后坦率地告诉他她是一个***。
29. Edward: I have never treated you like a prostitute.
    爱德华：我从来没有把你看成一个***。

noun

1. a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

   Synonym:    cocottewhoreharlotbawdtartcyprianfancy womanworking girlsporting ladylady of pleasurewoman of the street

verb

1. sell one's body