prostitute
发音
英 [ˈprɒstɪtju:t]
美 [ˈprɑstətut]
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- n.
- 卖淫者，妓女
- 男妓
- 卖身投靠的人
- 出卖贞操的人
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- vt.
- 使卖淫，卖身
- 出卖（名誉等）
- 滥用（能力等）
- 卖淫，卖身
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- adj.
- 卖淫的，堕落的
单词词源
prostitute 卖淫，妓女，男妓
来自拉丁语prostituere,卖淫，来自pro-,向前，-stit,站立，词源同stand,institute.字面意思即站在前面，引申词义买卖，供挑选等。
双语例句
- 1. Another time , I interviewed a young homeless prostitute .
- 还有一次，我采访了一位无家可归的年轻妓女。
- 2. An escort offers an evening of companionship that may include sex , while a prostitute sells sex itself .
- 陪护员出卖一晚的陪伴，也可能包括性行为，而娼妓只出卖性。
- 3. The former new york governor , who resigned in disgrace a year ago after getting caught patronizing a prostitute in a washington hotel , has purchased a prominent office building blocks from the white house through his father 's real-estate company .
- 这位前纽约州州长一年前曾因为在华盛顿某酒店重金招妓而黯然离职；如今斯皮策通过他父亲的地产公司收购了离白宫几个街区的一处高级办公楼。
- 4. Does getting more from a no strings attached sexual relationship make you a prostitute ?
- 在无附加条件的性关系中获得更多是否将你变为一个妓女呢？
- 5. His zeal was undoubtedly fired by the fact that he was the son of a prostitute .
- 毫无疑问，母亲是妓女这一事实是引燃了他这种狂热的罪魁祸首。