1
- mass noun the means or opportunity to approach or enter a place接近; 进入; 通路：
the staircase gives access to the top floor
楼梯一直通向顶楼
wheelchair access
轮椅通道
count noun the building has a side access.这座建筑有个侧门。
1.1
- the right or opportunity to use or benefit from something使用机会; 使用权：
do you have access to a computer?
你有机会用计算机吗？
awards to help people gain access to training.
帮助人们获得培训机会的补贴。
1.2
- the right or opportunity to approach or see someone探望权; 探望机会：
we were denied access to our grandson.
我们被剥夺了看望孙儿的权利。
1.3
- the action or process of obtaining or retrieving information stored in a computer's memory（对计算机存储器的）访问, 存取：
this prevents unauthorized access or inadvertent deletion of the file.
这可防止未经许可访问或无意间删除文件。
1.4
- as modifier denoting broadcasting produced by minority and specialist interest groups, rather than by professionals节目由少数人及专家兴趣小组而非专职人员制作的：
access television.
节目由公众制作的电视。
2
- in sing. an attack or outburst of an emotion（情感）爆发, 发作：
I was suddenly overcome with an access of rage.
我突然怒火中烧。
with obj. (一般作 be accessed)
1
- Computing obtain, examine, or retrieve (data or a file)【计算机】访问, 存取（数据, 文件）。
2
- approach or enter (a place)接近,进入（某地）：
single rooms have private facilities accessed via the balcony.
单人间配有可经阳台进入的独用卫生设施。
词源
Middle English （in the sense 'sudden attack of illness'）： from Latin accessus, from the verb accedere 'to approach' （see ACCEDE）. Sense 1 is first recorded in the early 17th cent.