whore around
She whored around in her youth.
她年轻时卖淫。
与妓女发生性关系;嫖妓;从事卖淫;与妓女非法性交
从事卖淫
work as a prostitute
与妓女非法性交
have unlawful sex with a whore
一般现在时
She whores for a living.
她以卖淫为生。
一般过去时
He whored around in his youth.
他年轻时嫖娼。
现在完成时
She has whored for years.
她已经卖淫多年。
规则动词,过去式和过去分词加-ed。
In the novel, the widow whores in the capital to support her son's education.
在小说中,那位寡妇在首都卖淫以供养儿子上学。
用法提示:whores 是 whore 的第三人称单数形式,作动词,表示卖淫。
He admitted to his brother that he had been whoring since his divorce.
他向哥哥承认,离婚后他一直在嫖妓。
用法提示:whoring 是 whore 的现在分词,构成过去完成进行时,表示嫖妓。
Many poor women in the port city are forced to whore for foreign sailors.
港口城市里许多贫困妇女被迫为外国水手卖淫。
用法提示:to whore 是 whore 的动词不定式,表示卖淫。
She whored around in her youth.
她年轻时卖淫。
He whored himself out for money.
他为钱出卖肉体。
比whore正式,常作及物动词,需以oneself为宾语(prostitute oneself);whore则多不及物,且更粗俗。
比whore委婉,强调以肉体换取金钱,口语可用,但比whore正式程度略高。
强调在街头接客这种特定方式,whore无此限定;walk the streets为短语动词。
俚语,指一次次的接客行为,tricks为俚语‘嫖客’;比whore更口语,不宜书面使用。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is a whore for money.
正确表达She whored for money.
错误地将名词'whore'用作动词。正确的动词形式是'whored',表示从事卖淫活动。
grammar · medium
易错句子She whored out for money.
正确表达She whored herself out for money.
动词短语'whore out'通常需要反身代词(如herself)来明确主语同时是动作的承受者。
whore是粗俗俚语,通常贬义,专指女性;prostitute是中性正式用语,可指任何性别,也可用于比喻(如出卖原则)。
去嫖妓
He used to go whoring every time he got paid.
他每次拿到工资就去嫖妓。
为钱卖淫
She refused to whore for money, despite her debts.
尽管负债累累,她拒绝为钱卖淫。
卖身;出卖肉体
He whored himself out to pay his debts.
他卖身还债。
卖淫活动的场所,与 whore 的动词义直接相关。
靠组织或控制卖淫赚钱的人,常与 whore 出现在同一语境。
指购买性服务的人,与卖淫行为中的另一方对应。
在街头卖淫语境里常表示公开招揽性交易。
构成 street prostitution 等常见搭配,指在街头进行的卖淫活动。
(为钱或好处)出卖,糟蹋(自己或才能)
He whored out his talent to make easy money.
他为了轻松赚钱而出卖了才华。
乱交;鬼混;游手好闲
She regretted whoring around in college instead of focusing on her studies.
她后悔大学时到处鬼混,没有专心学习。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.