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单词 accost
释义
accostac‧cost /əˈkɒst $ əˈkɒːst, əˈkɑːst/ verb [transitive] written Word Origin
WORD ORIGINaccost
Origin:
1500-1600 French accoster, from Latin costa ‘rib, side’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
accost
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyaccost
he, she, itaccosts
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyaccosted
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave accosted
he, she, ithas accosted
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad accosted
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill accost
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have accosted
Continuous Form
PresentIam accosting
he, she, itis accosting
you, we, theyare accosting
PastI, he, she, itwas accosting
you, we, theywere accosting
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been accosting
he, she, ithas been accosting
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been accosting
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be accosting
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been accosting
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Two men accosted her in front of her apartment building.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • 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.
  • No one was near enough to accost her or wonder about her presence.
  • One black professor was verbally accosted by a white student.
  • They were accosted by three white youths who taunted and then attacked them.
to go towards someone you do not know and speak to them in an unpleasant or threatening way:  He was accosted by four youths and forced to give them all his money.
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