prostitution
[.prɔsti'tju:ʃən]
n.卖淫, 滥用
例句与用法：
Sexual immorality, especially prostitution.
卖淫性关系的不道德，特指卖淫
Prostitution is on the increase in the city.
城里卖淫活动越来越多。
He refused the job, saying it would be (a) prostitution of his talents.
他拒不做那工作，说那是大材小用。
词形变化：
名词: prostitutor | 动词过去式: prostituted | 动词过去分词: prostituted | 动词现在分词: prostituting | 动词第三人称单数: prostitutes |
详细释义：
n.[U]
1. 卖淫
It was poverty that reduced her to prostitution.
是贫困迫使她卖淫。
2. 滥用, 糟蹋
the prostitution of genius
滥用天才