a person,typically a woman,who engages in sexual activity for payment.
(尤指妇女)卖淫者,娼妓。
〈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)
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the careerist political prostitutes .追逐名利的政界失节者。
offer (someone,typically a woman) for sexual activity in exchange for payment
(尤指妇女)卖淫
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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。
〈喻〉 (为利益或金钱而)出卖(自己,才能);滥用
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his willingness to prostitute himself to the worst instincts of the electorate .他出卖自己去迎合选民劣根性的那股乐意劲。
"mid 16th cent. (as a verb): from Latin