prostitute
英 ['prɒstɪtjuːt]
美['prɑstətut]
- vt. 使沦为妓女
- adj. 卖淫的；堕落的
- n. 妓女
词态变化
复数: prostitutes;第三人称单数: prostitutes;过去式: prostituted;过去分词: prostituted;现在分词: prostituting;
中文词源
prostitute 卖淫，妓女，男妓
来自拉丁语prostituere,卖淫，来自pro-,向前，-stit,站立，词源同stand,institute.字面意思即站在前面，引申词义买卖，供挑选等。
英英释意
- 1. a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
英文词源
- prostitute
- prostitute: [16] To prostitute something is etymologically to ‘set it up in front of everyone’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin prōstituere, a compound formed from the prefix prō- ‘before, in public’ and statuere ‘set, place’ (source of English statute). The Latin verb evolved semantically via ‘expose publicly’ and ‘offer for sale’ to ‘make available for sex in return for money’, and the feminine form of its past participle, prōstitūta, foreshadows its English noun descendant prostitute.
=> statue, status, statute - prostitute (v.)
- 1520s, "to offer to indiscriminate sexual intercourse (usually in exchange for money)," from Latin prostitutus, past participle of prostituere "to expose to prostitution, expose publicly," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + statuere "cause to stand, establish," from PIE root *sta- "to stand," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing" (see stet). Related: Prostituted; prostituting.
The notion of "sex for hire" is not inherent in the etymology, which rather suggests one "exposed to lust" or sex "indiscriminately offered." However, this is now almost the official European term for the institution: German prostituierte, Russian prostitutka, etc. Figurative sense (of abilities, etc.) is from 1570s. Of men, in reference to homosexual acts, from 1886 (in form prostitution); phrase male prostitute attested by 1948. - prostitute (n.)
- "harlot, woman who offers her body indiscriminately" (usually for money)," 1610s, from Latin prostituta "prostitute," fem. of prostitutus, past participle of prostituere (see prostitute (v.)).
实用场景例句
- Many felt he was prostituting his talents by writing Hollywood scripts.
- 许多人觉得他给好莱坞写剧本是滥用自己的才华。
牛津词典
- He admitted last week he paid for sex with a prostitute.
- 他承认上个星期嫖娼了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...male prostitutes.
- 男妓
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...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
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...prostituting his beautiful daughters.
- 迫使他美丽的女儿出卖肉体
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Higher education is being forced to prostitute itself to market forces.
- 高等教育被迫向市场需求妥协。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...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
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
- 于是二人去了,来到一个妓女名叫喇合的家里,就在那里躺卧.
期刊摘选
- Popular tradition has long associated her with the repentant prostitute who anointed Christ's feet.
- 在传说中人们一直把她说成是为了悔改而为耶稣涂脚油的妓女.
期刊摘选
- How can this university prostitute itself with this dictator here?
- 这所大学怎么能向拜在这个独裁者脚下?
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- A prostitute lives off immoral earnings.
- 娼妓靠赚肮脏钱生活.
辞典例句
- Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. His father was Gilead ; his mother was a prostitute.
- 基列人耶弗他是个大能的勇士、是妓女的儿子. 耶弗他是基列所生的.
期刊摘选
- Ken: Well, you've picked up a very pretty prostitute.
- 肯: 是的, 你已经挑到了一个非常漂亮的女.
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- Reformed prostitute will address the meeting . How I found the Lord.
- 改邪归正的 卖淫妇 将当众演说:我是怎样找到上主的.
期刊摘选
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- He thought I was a prostitute and apparently a cheap one.
- 他以为我是Ji.很明显,还是个便宜的.
期刊摘选
- How shameful he is to prostitute his honour.
- 他出卖自己的荣誉真可耻.
辞典例句
- A prostitute was soliciting on the street.
- 一名妓女正在街上拉客.
《简明英汉词典》
- Do not prostitute your daughter.
- 千万别使你们的女儿卖身.
辞典例句
- Suppose that someone give you a prostitute role will you take it?
- 假如让你演一个妓女,你会接受 吗 ?
期刊摘选
- No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.
- 以色列的女子中不可有妓女. 以色列的男子中不可有娈童.
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- The term courtesan is rarely used of a prostitute.
- 妓女一词是很少使用的一个妓女.
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- The prostitute had a record a mile long.
- 那个妓女有一长串犯罪记录.
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- Yin Caixia has died. She was a hooker, a prostitute.
- 殷彩霞死了,死前她是一名妓女,更确切的说,她是一名老师.
期刊摘选
- Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
- 10看哪,有一个妇人来迎接他, 是妓女的打扮,有诡诈的心思.
期刊摘选
- No prostitute is coming into this dorm if I have anything to say about it.
- 如果要我说的话,我们宿舍是不会让妓女近来的.
电影对白
- This article is an examination of the remarriage, concubine and prostitute problems in the Northern dynasty.
- 本文考察了北朝的再嫁、后娶 、 妾妓诸问题.
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- Police are investigating the homicide of a prostitute.
- 警方正在调查一起妓女被杀案件.
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- Yet she didn't look like a prostitute either.
- 但是她又不象是由妓女出身.
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- Although Caixia a prostitute, she lived with honor and overwhelming dignity.
- 殷彩霞虽然身为妓女, 但她比谁都活得高尚,比谁都活得有尊严.
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