prostitution

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UK [ˌprɒstɪˈtjuːʃ(ə)n]
  • n.卖淫；为娼；当男妓；才能的滥用（或糟蹋）
  • Web妓院；娼妓；性交易

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Prostitution
n.
1.
卖淫；为娼；当男妓the work of a prostitute
Many women were forced into prostitution.
许多妇女被迫为娼。
child prostitution
儿童卖淫
2.
~ of sth
才能的滥用（或糟蹋）the use of your abilities on sth of little value

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1.
It is prohibited to organize, force, induce, shelter or introduce a woman to engage in prostitution or to act indecently against women.
禁止组织、强迫、引诱、容留、介绍妇女卖淫或者对妇女进行猥亵活动。
jìn zhǐ zǔ zhī 、 qiǎng pò 、 yǐn yòu 、 róng liú 、 jiè shào fù nǚ mài yín huò zhě duì fù nǚ jìn xíng wěi xiè huó dòng 。
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2.
Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.
她妹妹阿荷利巴虽然看见了，却还贪恋，比她姐姐更丑。行淫乱比她姐姐更多。
tā mèi mèi ā hé lì bā suī rán kàn jiàn le , què hái tān liàn , bǐ tā jiě jie gèng chǒu 。 xíng yín luàn bǐ tā jiě jie gèng duō 。
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3.
There was a period where she was reduced to prostitution for a while.
曾经有一段时间她甚至落魄到成为一名妓女。
céng jīng yǒu yí duàn shí jiān tā shèn zhì luò pò dào chéng wéi yī míng jì nǚ 。
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4.
Turning the tables did not make prostitution right or the situation any better for women, she said.
她说只是这样做并不会让卖淫变得正确，也不会让女性所处的形势更加有利。
tā shuō zhǐ shì zhè yàng zuò bìng bú huì ràng mài yín biàn de zhèng què , yě bú huì ràng nǚ xìng suǒ chǔ de xíng shì gèng jiā yǒu lì 。
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5.
The Whistleblower, based on a true tale of forced prostitution in Bosnia, is not the first movie I would have rushed out to see.
举报人的基础上，在波斯尼亚被迫卖淫的真实故事，是不是我会冲了出去，看到的第一部电影。
jǔ bào rén de jī chǔ shàng , zài bō sī ní yà bèi pò mài yín de zhēn shí gù shi , shì bu shì wǒ huì chōng le chū qù , kàn dào de dì yī bù diàn yǐng 。
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6.
In 1999 Sweden decided that prostitution was a form of violence against women and made it a crime to buy sex, although not to sell it.
1999年瑞士把卖淫认定为一种反妇女的暴力形式，并对买春者定罪。
yī jiǔ jiǔ jiǔ nián ruì shì bǎ mài yín rèn dìng wéi yī zhǒng fǎn fù nǚ de bào lì xíng shì , bìng duì mǎi chūn zhě dìng zuì 。
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7.
As for the rest of society, prostitution is the mirror of man, and man has never been in danger of becoming bogged down in beauty.
对于社会的其他人，卖淫行业是人类的一面镜子，人从来没有因为沉溺于美丽而陷入危险。
duì yú shè huì de qí tā rén , mài yín háng yè shì rén lèi de yí miàn jìng zi , rén cóng lái méi yǒu yīn wèi chén nì yú měi lì ér xiàn rù wēi xiǎn 。
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8.
Prostitution at least offered financial independence: a typical harlot could earn in a month what a tradesman or clerk would earn in a year.
卖淫至少可以在经济上独立：一名普通妓女一个月的收入相当于一个商人或者职员一年的收入。
mài yín zhì shǎo kě yǐ zài jīng jì shàng dú lì : yī míng pǔ tōng jì nǚ yī gè yuè de shōu rù xiāng dāng yú yī gè shāng rén huò zhě zhí yuán yī nián de shōu rù 。
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9.
City Hall chiefs have called on top phone companies to help crack down on prostitution and trafficking in the lead up to the sporting event.
市政厅官员呼吁国内几大手机运营商在奥运会筹备期间帮助打击卖淫和性掮客。
shì zhèng tīng guān yuán hū yù guó nèi jǐ dà shǒu jī yùn yíng shāng zài ào yùn huì chóu bèi qī jiān bāng zhù dǎ jī mài yín hé xìng qián kè 。
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10.
They then had to decide how much bail to demand for a prostitute and take a survey on their attitudes toward prostitution.
接下来，他们会被要求决定一个妓女应付的保释金金额，以此来测量他们对卖淫的态度。
jiē xià lái , tā men huì bèi yāo qiú jué dìng yī gè jì nǚ yìng fù de bǎo shì jīn jīn é , yǐ cǐ lái cè liáng tā men duì mài yín de tài du 。
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