accosted
past simple and past participle ofaccost
| 单词 | accosted |
| 释义 | accosted past simple and past participle ofaccost accost verb[Toften passive] formaluk/əˈkɒst/us/əˈkɑːst/to go up to orstopandspeakto someone in athreateningway: I'm usually accosted bybeggarsanddrunksas Iwalkto thestation. Interrupting & preventing from speaking
Examplesofaccostedaccosted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. I have never beenaccostedby these wretched people more often than in the past fortnight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The biggest bugbear to many private soldiers is the possibility of beingaccostedby a military policeman. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will it spread the problem so that the chance of beingaccostedin the street will increase and spread over a wider area? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Had several times been taken home by respectable men whom she hadaccosted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not until the person who isaccostedis 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Or does it suffice to be able to establish that a number of people have each beenaccostedonce? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In a way, one would like to have women protected if they areaccostedin such a way as to be likely to cause fear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I wondered whether she hadaccostedanybody that night at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that a man who was once wandering over a large estate wasaccostedby the owner and upbraided. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I recently dealt with the case of a constituent whose son had beenaccostedand threatened on a train. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I wasaccostedby a male member of a golf club in my constituency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I haveaccostedperhaps fifty to eighty strangers in the streets and on the roads, including two engine drivers and firemen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has happend to my wife that she has beenaccostedtwo or three times by kerb-crawling cars, and it is most unpleasant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If you are holding somebody's hand you are neither beingaccostednor importuned; you are agreeing with. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The van can no longer be confiscated if they areaccostedand accused of indulging in poaching. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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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