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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。
卖淫者；妓女；娼妓
prostitutes — plural of prostitute
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卖淫者；妓女；娼妓
A person who engages in sexual activity for payment, especially as a means of livelihood.
The police arrested a prostitute last night.
警方昨晚逮捕了一名妓女。
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。
She was forced into becoming a prostitute due to extreme poverty.
由于极度贫困，她被迫沦为妓女。
Laws regarding prostitutes vary from country to country.
关于妓女的法律因国家而异。
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。
Not this
She is a prostitution.
Use this
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。
Not this
She is prostitute.
Use this
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。
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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。
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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把 prostitute 的 -stitute 联想成 stand（站），pro 是向前；站在街头拉客的人，就是 prostitute（妓女）。
语域：neutral 常见场景：legal documents、news reporting、social-issue discussions prostitute 是比较中性、正式的标准说法，多用于法律文书、新闻报道或社会议题讨论等书面场合；日常口语中通常较少直接使用。
可数名词，指以性交易为生的人。
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