prostituted

英 [ˈprɒstɪtjuːtɪd]

美 [ˈprɑːstɪtuːtɪd]

v.  滥用才能; 糟蹋自己; 卖淫; 出卖肉体
prostitute的过去分词和过去式

COCA.46196

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 妓女；娼妓
  Aprostituteis a person, usually a woman, who has sex with men in exchange for money.
  1. He admitted last week he paid for sex with a prostitute.
     他承认上个星期嫖娼了。
  2. ...male prostitutes.
     男妓
• VERB （使）沦为娼妓
  If someoneprostitutesa woman or if a womanprostitutes herself, she has sex or is made to have sex with men for money.
  1. ...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
  2. ...prostituting his beautiful daughters.
     迫使他美丽的女儿出卖肉体
• VERB （为名利）出卖（才能）
  If youprostitute yourselfor 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.
  1. Higher education is being forced to prostitute itself to market forces.
     高等教育被迫向市场需求妥协。
  2. ...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

双语例句

• Happy, and then he prostituted his mood, sometimes bass read, sometimes soprano read;
  高兴时，他便凭着自己的心情，有时低音读，有时高音读；
• She prostituted herselfbecause she had no other means of making money.
  她卖淫是因为她没有其他办法挣钱。
• In my opinion the administration of the law is thus prostituted consciously of unconsciously for the benefit of the exploiter.
  依我看，法律的执行是为了剥削者的利益而有意无意地被糟踏了。
• She prostituted herself in order to support her children.
  她为养活子女而操皮肉生涯。
• Yet his gifted elder brother prostituted himself to Hollywood for money; the talented writer younger brother comes to a premature-end because of illness.
  然而本应是极具写作天赋的哥哥为了金钱投奔了好莱坞；同样具有天才的弟弟因病夭折。
• He prostituted his abilities by acting in television advertisements.
  他凭着自己的才能为别人滥拍电视广告。