hire oneself out to …; barter away one's honour for sb.'s patronage; join the enemy camp for sheer profit; prostitute one's honour; sell out oneself to the enemy; sell oneself for personal gains; sell oneself for support; sell oneself to …; sell out to sb
The police had sold themselves to the gang leaders . 那些警察已卖身投靠匪首。
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He committed suicide rather than sell himself to the enemy . 他宁可自杀而不愿卖身投靠敌人。
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The union leaders were accused of selling out to the employers . 工会领导人被指责卖身投靠雇主。
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And when he had finished and still stood alive and whole , their wavering impulse to break their oath and save the poor betrayed prisoner s life faded and vanished away , for plainly this miscreant had sold himself to satan and it would be fatal to meddle with the property of such a power as that 可是恰恰相反，那个骗子却神气活现，安然无恙。他们原打算把誓言抛到一边，去救那个遭陷害的可怜人，见此情景，却更加犹豫不决了。再加上那个坏蛋一定卖身投靠了魔鬼撒旦，很显然同他们斗无异于螳臂当车，不自量力。
