accost
accost 英 [əˈkɒst] 美 [əˈkɔst]
vt. 勾引；引诱；对…说话；搭讪
进行时:accosting 过去式:accosted 过去分词:accosted 第三人称单数:accosts
- To accost is to approach someone aggressively or confront them in an inappropriate way.
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- vt. 勾引；引诱；对…说话；搭讪
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1. Immediately the husband drove downtown to accost the druggist and demand an apology.
丈夫即刻就驱车进城质问药剂师，要求得到一个解释。
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2. 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。
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3. 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。
- accost (v.) 1570s, "come side-by-side or face-to-face with," for any reason, from Middle French accoster "move up to, come alongside" (Old French acoster), from Late Latin accostare "come up to the side," from assimilated form of Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + costa "a rib, side" (see coast (n.)). Now usually in the sense "approach and speak to" (1610s). Also picked up in newspaper articles as the verb for a prostitute's solicitation of a customer (1887). Related: Accosted; accosting.
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