accost
英 [əˈkɒst]
美 [əˈkɔːst]
v. (贸然)上前搭讪; (唐突地)走近谈话
过去分词:accosted 过去式:accosted 现在分词:accosting 第三人称单数:accosts
BNC.20543 / COCA.19030
牛津词典
verb
- (贸然)上前搭讪;(唐突地)走近谈话
to go up to sb and speak to them, especially in a way that is rude or threatening- She was accosted in the street by a complete stranger.
在街上,一个完全陌生的人贸然走到她跟前搭讪。
- She was accosted in the street by a complete stranger.
柯林斯词典
- VERB (唐突地或带有威胁性地)走近跟…攀谈,上前与…搭讪
If someoneaccostsanother person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening.- A man had accosted me in the street.
一个男的在街上和我搭讪。
- A man had accosted me in the street.
英英释义
verb
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
- he was solicited by a prostitute
- The young man was caught soliciting in the park
- speak to someone
双语例句
- A few lone women are intended accost he, he also is happy such.
一个男的在街一些单身女人故意勾引他,他也乐于如此。 - If they were resolute to accost her, she laid her finger on the scarlet letter, and passed on.
如果他们执意要和她搭讪,她就用一个手指按住那红宇,侧身而过。 - He walked to the door and opened it, prepared to accost an intruder with righteous indignation.
他走上前去开门,义愤填膺地想向闯入者发难。 - A man had accosted me in the street.
一个男的在街上和我搭讪。 - Jean Valjean, who, an instant previously, in his then state of mind, would not have spoken to or even answered any one, felt irresistibly impelled to accost that child.
在这以前,冉阿让在他那样的心境中是对谁都不会说一句话,也不会答一句话的。这时他却按捺不住,主动向那孩子说话了。 - Executive accountability and the rule of law were necessary to accost them, said Githongo.
行政问责制和法治对于治理这些问题是必要的。