prostitute

prostitute
noun
  1. a person, typically a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment
    （尤指妇女）卖淫者，娼妓
    ■(figurative)a person who misuses their talents or who sacrifices their self-respect for the sake of personal or financial gain
    (喻)出卖节操者（为个人或金钱收益而滥用才华或牺牲自尊者）
    the careerist political prostitutes.
    追逐名利的政界失节者。
verb
  1. [with obj.]offer (someone, typically a woman) for sexual activity in exchange for payment
    （尤指妇女）卖淫
    although she was paid £15 to join a man at his table, she never prostituted herself.
    虽然她陪坐桌旁的男人赚到了15英镑，她从来没有沦为妓女。
    ■(figurative)put (oneself or one's talents) to an unworthy or corrupt use or purpose for the sake of personal or financial gain
    (喻)（为利益或金钱而）出卖（自己，才能）；滥用
    his willingness to prostitute himself to the worst instincts of the electorate.
    他那作践自己以迎合选民最低劣本能的意愿。
派生
prostitutor
noun
语源
  1. mid 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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