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N-COUNT
妓女;娼妓
A prostitute is a person, usually a woman, who has sex with men in exchange for money.
例句
He admitted last week he paid for sex with a prostitute.
他承認上個星期嫖娼了。
...male prostitutes.
男妓
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VERB
(使)淪為娼妓
If someone prostitutes a woman or if a woman prostitutes herself, she has sex or is made to have sex with men for money.
例句
...this terrible story of famine and a woman who's forced to prostitute herself in order to get food.
這個關于饑荒和一個女人為了糊口被迫淪為娼妓的悲慘故事
...prostituting his beautiful daughters.
迫使他美麗的女兒出賣肉體
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VERB
(為名利)出賣(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.
例句
Higher education is being forced to prostitute itself to market forces.
高等教育被迫向市場需求妥協。
...haunted by the idea of his friends whispering about his having prostituted his talent.
對他的朋友背地議論他糟踐自己的才華而感到煩惱