| 词汇 | accost |
| 释义 | accost verb[ Toften passive ] formaluk /əˈkɒst/ us /əˈkɑːst/ to go up to or stop and speak to someone in a threatening way: （贸然）上前搭讪;（唐突地）走近谈话 I'm usually accosted by beggars and drunks as I walk to the station.去车站的路上，经常有乞丐和酒鬼上前跟我搭讪。 Interrupting & preventing from speaking barge belt up blurt something out break someone in chime chip chip (something) in horn in interpolation interrupt interruption mike check nobble not get a word in edgewaysidiom obtrude put a sock in it!idiom shut your mouth/faceidiom speak strike waylay accost | American Dictionaryaccost verb[ T ] us/əˈkɔst, əˈkɑst/ to approach or stop and speak to someone in a threatening way: They were accosted at a bus stop by someone who said he needed money. Note:Usually the person who stops you or speaks to you is someone you do not know. Examples of accostaccost I have never been accosted by these wretched people more often than in the past fortnight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The biggest bugbear to many private soldiers is the possibility of being accosted by a military policeman. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will it spread the problem so that the chance of being accosted in the street will increase and spread over a wider area? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is a tout who is obviously touting for business it will be seen that he is accosting people in the street. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They see a man accosting particular individuals who may be walking down the street. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They accost other youth in the streets, in the pubs, at discotheques, and outside school gates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will accost any woman they see, irrespective of age. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not until the person who is accosted is willing and interested that there may be a discussion about money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Or does it suffice to be able to establish that a number of people have each been accosted once? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It also extended the time in which the authorities could accost and send back persons who had landed illegally. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a way, one would like to have women protected if they are accosted in such a way as to be likely to cause fear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They accost genuine holiday makers and their children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wondered whether she had accosted anybody that night at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that a man who was once wandering over a large estate was accosted by the owner and upbraided. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I recently dealt with the case of a constituent whose son had been accosted and threatened on a train. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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