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

noun | verb

prostituteprostitute2 verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYprostitute²

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of prostituere to show publicly, offer for sale

VERB TABLE

prostitute

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	prostitute
	he, she, it	prostitutes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	prostituted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have prostituted
	he, she, it	has prostituted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had prostituted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will prostitute
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have prostituted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am prostituting
	he, she, it	is prostituting
	you, we, they	are prostituting
Past	I, he, she, it	was prostituting
	you, we, they	were prostituting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been prostituting
	he, she, it	has been prostituting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been prostituting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be prostituting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been prostituting

1formal if someone prostitutes a skill, ability, important principle, etc., he or she uses it in a way that does not show its true value, usually to earn money2prostitute yourself a)to have sex in return for money b)to do low quality work because you need money, even though you have the ability to do better