pimp (for sb)
此处 pimp 为不及物动词,for 后接被拉皮条的对象。
He made a living by pimping for several prostitutes.
他靠为几个妓女拉皮条谋生。
拉皮条
pimps — third person singular of pimp
使(某人)卖淫;充当妓女掮客;拉皮条。;使某人卖淫;为他人安排性伴侣;告密
To act as a pimp; to arrange sexual partners for others, especially prostitutes.
充当妓女掮客;拉皮条。
To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.
使某人卖淫
To prostitute someone.
为他人安排性伴侣
arrange for sexual partners for others
一般现在时
He pimps for a local gang in the city.
他在城里为一个本地团伙拉皮条。
一般过去时
The trafficker pimped several teenagers in the 1990s.
那个人贩子在20世纪90年代迫使几名青少年卖淫。
现在完成时
She has pimped people for years in this district.
她在这个地区从事多年的拉皮条活动。
pimp 作动词指拉皮条、迫使卖淫,或为他人安排性伴侣,语气粗俗。
He pimped for local gang members before the police finally caught him.
他一直在为当地帮派成员拉皮条,直到最后被警察抓住。
用法提示:这里 pimp 用作不及物动词,pimp for 意为替某人拉皮条、充当妓女掮客。
The trial revealed that he had pimped three women over a period of five years.
庭审显示,他在五年间曾让三名女性卖淫。
用法提示:这里 pimp 用作及物动词,pimp someone 意为迫使或安排某人卖淫。
She pimps for a small-time criminal and takes a cut from every client.
她为一个不起眼的罪犯拉皮条,并从每个客户那里抽成。
用法提示:这里 pimp 用作第三人称单数动词,pimps for 表示替人安排性交易并从中获利。
此处 pimp 为不及物动词,for 后接被拉皮条的对象。
He made a living by pimping for several prostitutes.
他靠为几个妓女拉皮条谋生。
这是及物短语动词,宾语是名词时可置于 out 前后;若宾语是代词,只能说 pimp them out。
They pimped the young women out to the sailors.
他们迫使那些年轻妇女向水手卖淫。
现代英语中 pander 更多表示“迎合、纵容(不良欲望)”,作“拉皮条”解多见于旧式或正式用法,日常口语不宜直接替换。
procure 本义是“取得”,仅在与 prostitution 等搭配或明确语境中才表示“拉皮条”,且不包含“管理妓女并抽成”的含义。
grammar · medium
易错句子He pimps her.
正确表达He pimps for her.
表示“给某人当皮条客、替某人拉客”时,pimp 是不及物动词,要说 pimp for somebody;pimp somebody 作及物时意为“使某人卖淫”,会改变句意,因此不能把“她”直接当宾语。
grammar · medium
易错句子He pimped his girlfriend to a businessman.
正确表达He pimped his girlfriend out to a businessman.
在“安排/迫使某人卖淫”这个及物义项中,常用短语动词 pimp somebody out,并搭配 to 引出嫖客;少了 out,句子就不符合英语搭配。
pander 作“拉皮条”时指为妓女招揽客人,但更常见的是抽象义“迎合、讨好”,后接 to;pimp 专指安排卖淫并往往从中牟利。
procure 常指“获得、设法取得”,在法律语境下才指“介绍卖淫”;pimp 则明确指充当妓女掮客并常隐含牟利。
prostitute 作动词时侧重“使(自己或他人)卖淫”,主体往往就是卖淫者;pimp 的主体是组织安排卖淫的第三方,不是卖淫者本人。
迫使某人卖淫;利用某人做妓女
The gang was accused of pimping out young women.
该团伙被指控迫使年轻女性卖淫。
为某人拉皮条;替某人介绍嫖客
He pimped for several women in the neighborhood.
他在附近为几名妇女拉皮条。
拉皮条和介绍卖淫
She was charged with pimping and pandering.
她被指控拉皮条和介绍卖淫。
皮条客所安排或操控的从业对象。
拉皮条活动常发生的场所。
皮条客为其安排性服务的人。
与拉皮条相关的整体领域概念。
常与强迫卖淫并存的严重犯罪。
把…改装得花哨;使…变得更炫酷
He decided to pimp out his old laptop with custom stickers and lighting.
他决定给自己的旧笔记本电脑贴上定制贴纸并加装灯光,把它改装得十分炫酷。
把…装饰得更漂亮;精心打扮
We pimped up the living room for the party with some cushions and fairy lights.
为了开派对,我们用一些靠垫和彩灯把客厅精心布置了一番。
变得强势;增强控制力;硬气起来
If you want to negotiate a better salary, you need to get your pimp hand strong.
如果你想谈判拿到更高的薪水,你就得硬气起来。
拉皮条可不容易。
This is a famous saying in hip-hop culture, often quoted to describe the difficult life of a pimp or, figuratively, to boast about handling a tough situation. Here “pimpin'” is the slang spelling of the gerund “pimping.”
这是嘻哈文化中的一句名言,常被引用来形容皮条客的生活不易,或比喻某人能游刃有余地面对艰难处境。这里的“pimpin'”是动名词“pimping”的俚语拼写。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.