资料来源 : pyDict
卖淫;堕落
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Prostitution \Pros`ti*tu"tion\, n. [L. prostitutio: cf. F.
prostitution.]
1. The act or practice of prostituting or offering the body
to an indiscriminate intercourse with men; common lewdness
of a woman.
2. The act of setting one's self to sale, or of devoting to
infamous purposes what is in one's power; as, the
prostitution of abilities; the prostitution of the press.
``Mental prostitution.'' --Byron.
资料来源 : WordNet®
prostitution
n : offering sexual intercourse for pay [syn: {harlotry}, {whoredom}]