I'm usually accosted by beggars and drunks as I walk to the station.
去車站的路上，經常有乞丐和酒鬼上前跟我搭訕。(劍橋)
然，在現代美語中，搭訕的用語是：
1. hit on sb
Some guy hit on me while I was standing at the bus station. 我站在公車站時，有人搭訕我。
He has hit on most of the women in the room. 他跟房間內多數女人搭訕過了。
2.strike up a conversation
A college student tried to strike up a conversation with me a moment ago.剛剛有位大學生想跟我搭訕。
其他英文例句，也無一顯示accost (vt)有搭訕之意，如：
1.堵住
She has a 20-year-old son who was accosted last month by Israel ruffians; they bludgeoned him and told him Arabs would not be tolerated in the neighborhood. 她有一個二十歲的兒子上月被以色列惡徒堵住；他們用棍子打他，告訴他附近地帶不能容忍阿拉伯人。
2.攔下
She was so famous that people would accost her on the street and ask for an autograph.她很有名，民眾會在街道上攔下她，向她要簽名。
3.攔阻
3.攔阻
JD Vance's 3-Year-Old Daughter Accosted 范斯的三歲女兒被攔阻。
可見，把accost說成搭訕完全是誤導讀者的錯誤翻譯。
資料來源：京文出版社【系列四】高階英漢翻譯詞典
