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prostitute

noun
/ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/
/ˈprɑːstɪtuːt/
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  1. a person who has sex for money卖淫者；娼妓；妓女；男妓
    Extra Examples
    • men who use prostitutes利用妓女的男人
    • She was arrested and charged with being a common prostitute.她因卖淫而被逮捕并受到指控。
    • The prostitutes solicit openly here.妓女公开在这里拉客。
    • a book written by a former prostitute曾做过妓女的人写的书
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • common
    • child
    • teenage
    • …
    verb + prostitute
    • be
    • work as
    • go to
    • …
    prostitute + verb
    • solicit
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    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’.

prostitute

verb
/ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/
/ˈprɑːstɪtuːt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they prostitute
/ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/
/ˈprɑːstɪtuːt/
he / she / it prostitutes
/ˈprɒstɪtjuːts/
/ˈprɑːstɪtuːts/
past simple prostituted
/ˈprɒstɪtjuːtɪd/
/ˈprɑːstɪtuːtɪd/
past participle prostituted
/ˈprɒstɪtjuːtɪd/
/ˈprɑːstɪtuːtɪd/
-ing form prostituting
/ˈprɒstɪtjuːtɪŋ/
/ˈprɑːstɪtuːtɪŋ/
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  1. 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滥用才能；糟蹋自己
    • 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. prostitute yourself to work as a prostitute卖淫；出卖肉体
    3. 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’.

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