(亦作 accessary)
(pl. -ies)
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- a thing which can be added to something else in order to make it more useful, versatile, or attractive附件, 配件; 装饰件：
a range of bathroom accessories.
一系列盥洗室用品。
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- a small article or item of clothing carried or worn to complement a garment or outfit服装搭配物, 小饰品：
she wore the suit with perfectly matching accessories - hat, bag, shoes.
她的套装与帽子、提包、鞋子的搭配堪称完美。
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- Law someone who give assistance to the perpetrator of a crime without taking part in it【律】同谋; 从犯：
she was charged as an accessory to murder.
她被指控为谋杀案的同谋。
- chiefly technical contributing to or aiding an activity or process in a minor way; subsidiary or supplementary〈主技〉辅助的; 附属的; 补充的：
functionally the maxillae are a pair of accessory jaws.
从功能上看, 上颌骨是一对辅助颌。
短语
accessory before（或 after）the fact
- Law, dated a person who incites or assists someone to commit an arrestable offence (or knowingly aids someone who has committed such an offence)【律】〈旧〉（怂恿或协助犯罪或故意帮助犯罪人的）事前（或事后）从犯。
派生词
accessorial
adjective （chiefly Law 【主律】）词源
late Middle English: from medieval Latin accessorius 'additional thing', from Latin access- 'increased', from the verb accedere （see ACCEDE）.