prostitute
- IPA[ˈprɒstɪtjuːt]
英式
- a person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.；a person who misuses their talents or behaves unworthily for personal or financial gain
- offer (someone) for sexual activity in exchange for payment；put (oneself or one's talents) to an unworthy or corrupt use for personal or financial gain
noun: prostitute, plural noun: prostitutes
verb: prostitute, 3rd person present: prostitutes, gerund or present participle: prostituting, past tense: prostituted, past participle: prostituted
- 釋義
- n.名詞
- 1. a person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.
- 2. a person who misuses their talents or behaves unworthily for personal or financial gain:
careerist political prostitutes
- v.動詞
- 1. offer (someone) for sexual activity in exchange for payment:
although she was paid £15 to join a man at his table, she never prostituted herself
- 2. put (oneself or one's talents) to an unworthy or corrupt use for personal or financial gain:
his willingness to prostitute himself to the worst instincts of the electorate
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈprästəˌt(y)o͞ot]
美式
- n.a person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.
- v.offer (someone) for sexual activity in exchange for payment:
- although she was paid $15 to join a man at his table, she never prostituted herself
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