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
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  1. N-COUNT 妓女；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
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双语例句

  1. Pushkin was a womaniser whose conquests included everyone from prostitutes to princesses.
    普希金是个情场老手，各种各样的女性，从妓女到公主，都成了他的俘虏。
  2. 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。
  3. The unlicensed prostitutes were usually poor women.
    旧社会的暗门子通常都是些可怜的女人。
  4. 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。
  5. But he says he did not know some of them were prostitutes.
    但他表示，他不知道其中一些人是妓女。
  6. After the founding of New China, Yunnan Government banned the prostitution and transformed the prostitutes into independent laborers.
    新中国成立后，云南省对卖淫嫖娼现象进行取缔，妓女被改造成为自食其力的劳动者。
  7. The street is notorious for its prostitutes.
    这条街道以其娼妓而臭名远扬。
  8. We are all prostitutes, but you are queen.
    我们都是妓女，但你是王后。
  9. 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？
  10. These changes on prostitutes have largely embodied the rising of European social toleration.
    妓女的这一变化在很大程度上体现了社会宽容度的扩大。
  11. Public soliciting by prostitutes in the streets.
    娼妓在街上公开拉客。
  12. They are not some sex partners but some prostitutes in the public park.
    她们不是一些性伴侣而是些在公园里的野鸡。
  13. 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。
  14. The girls that work for me are not prostitutes.
    为我工作的女孩不是妓女。
  15. Prostitutes, ducks, all sex workers are shameless.
    妓女，鸭子，所有的性工作者都是无耻的。
  16. Britain's dilemma is not unique: all countries have prostitutes of varying sexes and nationalities.
    英国不是唯一面临这一两难境地的国家：各个国家都有不同性别和国籍的性工作者。
  17. 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。
  18. Other serial killers target prostitutes.
    和那些对准妓女的连环杀手一样。
  19. In the popular image they were criminals, gamblers, prostitutes, and opium smokers.
    在公众的印象中，他们不是罪犯，赌徒，娼妓，就是鸦片烟鬼。
  20. 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。
  21. Act as a go-between for prostitutes. They were approached indirectly through an intermediary.
    作中间人为妓女拉客。通过一位中间人，他们进行了间接接触。
  22. Like most innocent and well-bred young women, she had a devouring curiosity about prostitutes.
    像大多数有教养和天真烂漫的年轻女人那样，她对妓女怀着一份十分强烈的好奇心。
  23. Running prostitutes and drugs out of his clubs.
    利用他的俱乐部进行妓女和毒品交易。
  24. We catch ten prostitutes and half of them go home.
    我们要抓10个妓女，结果呢，一半溜走了。
  25. AIDS outreach programs bring medical care, condoms and counselling to prostitutes on the streets.
    爱滋病扩大防治计划给街上的妓女提供医疗护理、避孕套和咨询。
  26. Is it possible that you actually killed those prostitutes.
    那可能因为你真的杀了她们。
  27. 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。
  28. As governor, he signed into law a bill that increased the penalties of those who patronized prostitutes.
    作为纽约州长，他签署了一部法案，该法案增加了对嫖娼者的罚款。
  29. I think most of them have been forced to be prostitutes.
    我认为，他们中的绝大多数人是被逼为娼。
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