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pimping

/ˈpɪmpɪŋ/

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verb

拉皮条，卖淫。

To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.

Examples :

"The man was arrested for pimping young girls, forcing them into the sex trade. "

那名男子因为拉皮条，逼迫年轻女孩卖淫而被捕。

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verb

拉皮条，逼良为娼

To prostitute someone.

Examples :

"The smooth-talking, tall man with heavy gold bracelets claimed he could pimp anyone."

那个口若悬河、戴着粗金手镯的高个子男人声称他能逼任何人卖淫。

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verb

改装，炫酷改装。

To excessively customize something, especially a vehicle, according to ghetto standards (also pimp out).

Examples :

"He spent all his money pimping his old car with flashy lights and a booming sound system. "

他把他所有的钱都花在了炫酷改装他那辆旧车上，加装了闪亮的车灯和震耳欲聋的音响系统。

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verb

考问，刁难。

To ask progressively harder and ultimately unanswerable questions of a resident or medical student (said of a senior member of the medical staff).

Examples :

"During rounds, the attending physician kept pimping the medical student with questions about rare diseases, eventually asking about a condition so obscure that even he chuckled, admitting it was unlikely to be relevant. "

查房时，主治医生不停地考问那个医学生，问的都是罕见疾病，最后甚至问到一个非常冷门的病症，连他自己都笑了，承认这不太可能相关。

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verb

拉皮条，吹捧。

To promote, to tout.

Examples :

"I gotta show you this sweet website where you can pimp your blog and get more readers."

我得给你看看这个超棒的网站，你可以在上面推广你的博客，吸引更多读者。

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verb

拉皮条，怂恿，唆使。

To persuade, smooth talk or trick another into doing something for your benefit.

Examples :

"I pimped her out of $2,000 and she paid for the entire stay at the Bahamas."

我哄了她两千美元，让她付了在巴哈马的所有费用。

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noun

拉皮条，卖淫嫖娼活动

The practise of procuring prostitutes.

Examples :

"The undercover investigation focused on alleged pimping occurring at several massage parlors in the city. "

这次卧底调查的重点是市区几家按摩院涉嫌的拉皮条和组织卖淫嫖娼活动。

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noun

改装，炫酷改装。

The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance.

Examples :

"His weekend was spent pimping his old sedan with new rims and a booming sound system. "

他周末都在改装他的旧轿车，换了新轮毂和一套超炫的音响系统。

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adjective

小气的，微不足道的。

Little or petty.

Examples :

"He complained about the pimping amount of sugar given in the small coffee packet. "

他抱怨小包咖啡里给的那点糖简直少得可怜。

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adjective

病弱的，虚弱的。

Examples :

"The pimping kitten was too weak to climb out of the box. "

这只病弱的小猫太虚弱了，爬不出箱子。

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adjective

拉皮条的，淫媒的

Consisting of or having the qualities of a pimp.

Examples :

"The pimping attitude of some students toward their homework was frustrating to the teacher. "

一些学生对待作业那种拉皮条似的态度让老师感到沮丧。

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