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Accost

Accost 是一个动词。它不仅仅是“打招呼”,而通常带有一种不友好、无礼或者由于某种目的而突然拦住某人的意味。

  1. I was accosted by a stranger who asked me for money. (我被一个向我讨钱的陌生人拦住了。)
  2. Reporters accosted the celebrity as she left the restaurant. (当这位名人离开餐厅时,记者们围上去搭讪采访。)
  3. He was accosted by his boss about the missing files. (他因为文件丢失的问题被老板气冲冲地拦住盘问。)
  • 词根-cost- (肋骨,侧面)
  • 前缀ac- (去,向)
  • 含义:走到某人的侧面 -> 主动靠近。
  • 前缀ac- (to)
  • 词根-cost (side)

源自古法语 accoster,最初只是“靠岸”或“并肩走”。后来引申为具有侵略性的主动接近。

  • 现在分词:accosting
  • 过去式:accosted

记:ac- (一再) + cost (成本/代价)。主动上前搭讪陌生人往往需要付出很大的社交“成本”,而且可能会让人感觉被打扰。或者联想 coast (海岸),靠近岸边就是 accost

Walking home late at night, Sarah felt uneasy when a man accosted her, even though he just wanted to ask for directions. (深夜回家的路上,萨拉被一个男人拦住搭讪时感到不安,尽管他只是想问路。)