prostituting
[ˈprɔstɪˌtu:tɪŋ]

v.

滥用才能( prostitute的现在分词 )；糟蹋自己；卖淫；出卖肉体

英英释义

prostitute[ 'prɔstitju:t ]

• n.a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

  同义词：cocottewhoreharlotbawdtartcyprianfancy womanworking girlsporting ladylady of pleasurewoman of the street

• v.sell one's body; exchange sex for money

词组短语

prostitute oneself卖淫

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. The prostitute was hopped up with morphine.
   那个妓女在吗啡的作用下昏昏沉沉。
2. She was arrested and charged with being a common prostitute.
   她被逮捕并受到以卖淫为业的指控。
3. Police are inestigating the homicide of a prostitute.
   警方正在调查一起妓女被杀案件。

用作及物动词(vt.)

1. She prostituted herself in order to support her children.
   她为养活子女而操皮肉生涯。
2. How shameful he is to prostitute his honour.
   他出卖自己的荣誉真可耻。

权威例句

Prostituting Prosthodontics: Use or Abuse of Dentistry?
Birth outcomes of prostituting adolescents
Modern Babylon?:Prostituting Children in Thailand
Modern Babylon? Prostituting children in Thailand.
Prostituting the Public Interest in the 2012 Presidential Election
Rational Thought for Crime of Prostituting Girls under the Age of 14
First Results of a Methadone Programme for Drug-Addicted Women Prostituting Themselves
Effects of Ecologically‐Based Family Therapy with substance‐using, prostituting mothers
Effects of Ecologically-Based Family Therapy with substance-using, prostituting mothers: Family therapy with prostituting mothers
“In My Head, I Didn’t Feel Like I Had Done Anything Wrong”: Women’s Experiences Prostituting Women and Girls