- prostitute something/yourself (disapproving) to use your skills, abilities, etc. to do something that earns you money but that other people do not respect because you are capable of doing something better濫用才能;糟蹋自己
- Many felt he was prostituting his talents by writing Hollywood scripts.許多人覺得他給好萊塢寫劇本是濫用自己的才華。
- prostitute yourself to work as a prostitute賣淫;出賣肉體
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a verb): from Latin prostitut- ‘exposed publicly, offered for sale’, from the verb prostituere, from pro- ‘before’ + statuere ‘set up, place’.