tartnoun

Examples

She sued the paper for damages after they wrongly described her as a prostitute.
She accused him of having phone sex with prostitutes while she was away on business trips.她指责他趁她出差在外时与妓女打色情电话。
I noticed a couple of prostitutes plying for business on the corner.我看到拐角处有几个妓女在拉客。
prostitute
verb[ T ]
 formaldisapprovinguk /ˈprɒs.tɪ.tʃuːt/ us /ˈprɑː.stə.tuːt/
to use yourself or your abilities or beliefs in a way that does not deserve respect, especially in order to get money: （尤指为了钱而）滥用（才能、信仰等）
Some critics say he prostituted his musical skills by going into pop rather than staying with classical music.一些评论家说，他放弃古典音乐而去搞流行音乐是糟蹋他的音乐才华。
He went to work in Hollywood and was accused of prostituting himself.他去好莱坞工作，被指责为糟蹋自己的才华。
 prostitute yourselfformal
to have sex for money卖淫

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avail
avail yourself of something
be/go heavy on somethingidiom
exhaust
give/allow something full playidiom
go into something
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make capital out of somethingidiom
spare
spent
swallow
tap
turn to someone/something
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prostitute | American Dictionary

prostitute
noun[ C ]
us/ˈprɑs·tɪˌtut/
someone, usually a woman, who has sex with people for money
prostitute
verb[ T ]
us/ˈprɑs·tɪˌtut/
to sell yourself by having sex with people for money, or to force someone else to prostitute himself or herself:
Hundreds of widowed or hungry women have had to prostitute themselves to survive.
fig.Some critics say that he is prostituting his writing talent (= using it in a way that does not deserve respect, esp. to earn money).