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词典释义:
prostitution
时间: 2024-01-12 21:21:22
英 [ˌprɒstɪˈtjuːʃn]
美 [ˌprɑːstɪˈtuːʃn]

n. 卖淫;卖淫业;出卖自身;逐利忘义的行为

短语搭配
双语例句
  • Prostitution is not tolerated by law or morality.

    卖淫是法律与道德所不能容忍的。

  • He was arrested for procuring women for prostitution.

    他因介绍妇女卖淫被捕。

  • The pressure of life drove him to prostitution.

    生活的压力迫使他滥用自己的才华。

  • Poverty drove her to prostitution.

    贫穷迫使她卖淫

  • Brothels, she insists, are the acceptable face of prostitution.

    妓院,她坚持说,是卖淫可接受的方面。

  • Many women were forced into prostitution.

    许多妇女被迫为娼。

  • She eventually drifted into prostitution.

    她最终沦落风尘。

  • Are we ready to make prostitution legal to protect working girls and their rights?

    为了保护妓女和她们的权益,我们准备好了将卖淫合法化了吗?

近义词
n.
同根词

词根 prostitute

  • prostitute adj. 卖淫的;堕落的 n. 妓女 vt. 使沦为妓女

释义
n.

the practice or occupation of engaging in sexual activity with someone for payment

卖淫;卖淫业。

figurative the unworthy or corrupt use of one's talents for the sake of personal or financial gain

〈喻〉 (为了利益的)出卖自身;逐利忘义的行为。

  • And this was a sexual case, too? Yes, prostitution. Lockhart/Gardner just seems to obsess on these sexual cases.

    这也是个性犯罪案件吗?是的,卖淫案。洛&加律所似乎对性犯罪案件很着迷。

    《The Good Wife Season 5》《傲骨贤妻 第五季》

  • Their sexual pics and the prostitution scandals are all as a disgrace to the country and its people.

    更有甚者,被曝光丑闻,让人民简直不忍直视。

    《This is China》《这就是中国》

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