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
verb: prostitute, 3rd person present: prostitutes, gerund or present participle: prostituting, past tense: prostituted, past participle: prostituted
noun: prostitute, plural noun: prostitutes
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. 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 careerist political prostitutes
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
- ▪ 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
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- IPA[ˈprästəˌt(y)o͞ot]
美式
- a person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.
- 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
Oxford American Dictionary
