| 词汇 | accost |
| 释义 | accostWord family verbaccostadjectiveaccostable ac·cost /əˈkɒst $ əˈkɒːst, əˈkɑːst/ verb [transitiveT] written TALK TO somebodyto go towards someone you do not know and speak to them in an unpleasant or threatening way 〔以不怀好意的态度〕上前和〔陌生人〕说话 He was accosted by four youths and forced to give them all his money. 四个少年走上前来和他搭讪，逼迫他交出身上所有的钱。 Examples from the Corpus accost• One black professor was verbally accosted by a white student.• They were accosted by three white youths who taunted and then attacked them.• Two men accosted her in front of her apartment building.• No one was near enough to accost her or wonder about her presence.• A white-faced Mathilda sped by me in the gallery but Benjamin was shouting for me so I decided not to accost her.• No one other than herself pursued or accosted Ruth. (1500-1600) French accoster, from Latin costa “rib, side” |
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