prostitution是什么意思？

prostitution

英[ˌprɒstɪˈtju:ʃn] 美[ˌprɑstəˈtuʃn]

• n. 卖淫，滥用某事物，出卖灵魂；

例句

• There is a longstanding prostitution trade in the port. 这个港口的卖淫业由来已久。
• Some turned to prostitution in order to survive. 有些人为了生存而开始卖身。
• Prostitution is a profession that devastates the lives of young women. 雏妓这个职业是对女孩子极度的摧残.
• For the Tattaglia Family dealt in women. Its main'business was prostitution. 这是因为塔塔格里亚家族经营的是买卖妇女的生意.
• Many women were forced into prostitution. 许多妇女被迫为娼。
• He grows restless , seducing a manicurist and pressing her to prostitution. 不料这个穷极无聊的男人竟然另外引诱一名修指甲女郎去当妓女,其后东窗事发而入狱.
• ...the leader of a drugs and prostitution ring. 贩毒和卖淫团伙的头目
• She eventually drifts into prostitution. 她最终沦为妓女。
• She says that legalising prostitution will only cause problems. 她说卖淫合法化只会引发问题。
• Brothels, she insists, are the acceptable face of prostitution... 她坚持认为，妓院是卖淫可为人接受的一种形式。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  卖淫
  Prostitution means having sex with people in exchange for money.
  例句
  She eventually drifts into prostitution. 她最终沦为妓女。 ...the leader of a drugs and prostitution ring. 贩毒和卖淫团伙的头目

英汉词典释义

• n.
  卖淫;作践自己
  Some turned to prostitution in order to survive. 有些人为了生存而开始卖身。 There is a longstanding prostitution trade in the port. 这个港口的卖淫业由来已久。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. offering sexual intercourse for pay