英语词汇“to whore out”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive. figurative. To dishonour, corrupt, or commodify (something), esp. for personal or financial gain; to seek to profit from (something), esp. in a shameless or mercenary way; to put (one's personal qualities, talents, etc.) to an unworthy or morally dubious use for personal or financial gain. Also reflexive: to debase or demean (oneself) for profit or advantage.

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1931 R. Campbell Georgiad ii. 36 Then I may quit my lyre,..And turning pimp, whore out my withered Muse To judge the limericks in the reviews.

1974 R. Lanham Style vii. 128 The media, the only agency that can educate in a mass society, have been whored out for profit.

1999 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 1 Apr. 3 I'm just here to whore myself out to the press and then I leave.

2005 C. Aaron in W. Hermes & S. Michel Spin i. 18 They'd shown how far an underground, punk-inspired rock band could go within the industry without whoring out its artistic integrity in any obvious way.

2006 Daily Toreador (Texas Tech.) 14 Sept. in University Wire (Nexis) Do I want to splurge and go for the brand-spanking new movie that the store is whoring out across three sections of shelves?

2018 Hobart (Tasmania) Mercury (Nexis) 20 Apr. 19 Do not allow your lovely country to be whored out by the greedy tourist industry.

2. transitive. To put (a person) to work as a prostitute; to offer (one's body, etc.) for sex, indiscriminately or in return for payment. Frequently reflexive: to work as a prostitute; to act in a sexually promiscuous manner.

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1952 M. Harrison Darkened Room 86 There are, indeed, few things that the aristocrat has not done for money: marry his sister to a coon, whore out his wife, sodomize his sons.

1973 W. Wells Tycoons & Locusts iv. 51 Faye whores herself out—but not to Tod—precisely because ‘those men were complete strangers’.

1998 D. Baldacci Simple Truth liv. 415 His mother was a crack addict, and when he was eight or nine she would whore him out for drug money.

2012 G. Herren Murder in Rue Urselines (e-book, accessed 29 Aug. 2019) xiv I could have just as easily wound up a lost boy in the Quarter, dancing at the Brass Rail and whoring myself out to older men for dollar bills.

单词	to whore out
释义	> as lemmas to whore out to whore out 1. transitive. figurative. To dishonour, corrupt, or commodify (something), esp. for personal or financial gain; to seek to profit from (something), esp. in a shameless or mercenary way; to put (one's personal qualities, talents, etc.) to an unworthy or morally dubious use for personal or financial gain. Also reflexive: to debase or demean (oneself) for profit or advantage. ΚΠ 1931 R. Campbell Georgiad ii. 36 Then I may quit my lyre,..And turning pimp, whore out my withered Muse To judge the limericks in the reviews. 1974 R. Lanham Style vii. 128 The media, the only agency that can educate in a mass society, have been whored out for profit. 1999 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 1 Apr. 3 I'm just here to whore myself out to the press and then I leave. 2005 C. Aaron in W. Hermes & S. Michel Spin i. 18 They'd shown how far an underground, punk-inspired rock band could go within the industry without whoring out its artistic integrity in any obvious way. 2006 Daily Toreador (Texas Tech.) 14 Sept. in University Wire (Nexis) Do I want to splurge and go for the brand-spanking new movie that the store is whoring out across three sections of shelves? 2018 Hobart (Tasmania) Mercury (Nexis) 20 Apr. 19 Do not allow your lovely country to be whored out by the greedy tourist industry. 2. transitive. To put (a person) to work as a prostitute; to offer (one's body, etc.) for sex, indiscriminately or in return for payment. Frequently reflexive: to work as a prostitute; to act in a sexually promiscuous manner. ΚΠ 1952 M. Harrison Darkened Room 86 There are, indeed, few things that the aristocrat has not done for money: marry his sister to a coon, whore out his wife, sodomize his sons. 1973 W. Wells Tycoons & Locusts iv. 51 Faye whores herself out—but not to Tod—precisely because ‘those men were complete strangers’. 1998 D. Baldacci Simple Truth liv. 415 His mother was a crack addict, and when he was eight or nine she would whore him out for drug money. 2012 G. Herren Murder in Rue Urselines (e-book, accessed 29 Aug. 2019) xiv I could have just as easily wound up a lost boy in the Quarter, dancing at the Brass Rail and whoring myself out to older men for dollar bills. extracted from whorev. < as lemmas
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