a prostitute
通常用不定冠词或定冠词。
The police arrested a prostitute last night.
警方昨晚逮捕了一名妓女。
为金钱或私利出卖原则（尊严）的人；以性交换取金钱的女子；男娼
A person who engages in sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
Any person (especially a woman) who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
以性交换取金钱的女子
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
A woman who has sexual intercourse or engages in other sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage.
The police raided a building where prostitutes were working.
警方突击搜查了一栋妓女在那里工作的建筑。
用法提示：此处 'prostitutes' 为名词复数形式，指以卖淫为生的女性。
She was forced into becoming a prostitute due to extreme poverty.
由于极度贫困，她被迫沦为妓女。
用法提示：此处 'prostitute' 为名词单数形式，表示被迫从事卖淫的女性。
Laws regarding prostitutes vary from country to country.
关于妓女的法律因国家而异。
用法提示：此处 'prostitutes' 为名词复数形式，泛指卖淫者这一群体。
通常用不定冠词或定冠词。
The police arrested a prostitute last night.
警方昨晚逮捕了一名妓女。
强调职业身份。
Many women are forced to work as prostitutes.
许多女性被迫以妓女为生。
表示身份转变。
She never imagined she would become a prostitute.
她从未想过自己会成为妓女。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is a prostitution.
正确表达She is a prostitute.
'Prostitution' 指的是卖淫行为本身，而非从事该行为的人。应使用 'prostitute' 来表示妓女。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is prostitute.
正确表达She is a prostitute.
'prostitute' 是可数名词单数，前面需要不定冠词 'a'。中文中常省略冠词，但在英语中必须使用。
escort比prostitute更委婉，通常指付费陪同，不一定涉及性，而prostitute明确以性交易为业。
call girl指通过电话预约提供性服务的妓女，是prostitute的一种特定类型，而prostitute泛指所有卖淫者。
男妓
The film tells the story of a male prostitute struggling to leave the streets.
这部电影讲述了一个男妓努力离开街头生活的故事。
街头妓女
Many street prostitutes are at risk of violence and exploitation.
许多街头妓女面临暴力和剥削的风险。
嫖娼；招妓
He was arrested for soliciting a prostitute in the hotel lobby.
他因在酒店大堂招妓而被捕。
以卖淫为生；做妓女
She was forced to work as a prostitute to pay off her debts.
她被迫以卖淫为生来偿还债务。
雏妓
The report highlights the plight of child prostitutes in the region.
这份报告强调了该地区雏妓的困境。
pro-（向前；公开）+ stitute（站；放置）
pro- + stitute + -ion（名词后缀）
con-（共同；一起）+ stitute（站；放置）
in-（进入；在内）+ stitute（站；放置）
sub-（在下面；代替）+ stitute（站；放置）
卖淫活动发生的场所，与prostitute的职业环境直接相关。
靠组织或控制卖淫者牟利的人，常与prostitute出现在同一语境。
购买性服务的人，即prostitute的服务对象。
强迫他人卖淫的犯罪行为，常与prostitute的社会议题关联。
色情行业集中的城区，常作为prostitute活动的背景地点。
我是个妓女。
In the film Pretty Woman, Vivian Ward tells Edward Lewis that she is a prostitute when he asks what she does for a living.
在电影《风月俏佳人》中，当爱德华·刘易斯问薇薇安·沃德以何为生时，她告诉他她是个妓女。
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