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N-COUNT
妓女；娼妓
A prostitute is a person, usually a woman, who has sex with men in exchange for money.
例句
He admitted last week he paid for sex with a prostitute.
他承认上个星期嫖娼了。
...male prostitutes.
男妓
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VERB
（使）沦为娼妓
If someone prostitutes a woman or if a woman prostitutes herself, she has sex or is made to have sex with men for money.
例句
...this terrible story of famine and a woman who's forced to prostitute herself in order to get food.
这个关于饥荒和一个女人为了糊口被迫沦为娼妓的悲惨故事
...prostituting his beautiful daughters.
迫使他美丽的女儿出卖肉体
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VERB
（为名利）出卖（才能）
If you prostitute yourself or your talents, you do work for money or to be famous, rather than because you think it is good work or the right thing to do.
例句
Higher education is being forced to prostitute itself to market forces.
高等教育被迫向市场需求妥协。
...haunted by the idea of his friends whispering about his having prostituted his talent.
对他的朋友背地议论他糟践自己的才华而感到烦恼