persuade
verb /pəˈsweɪd/
/pərˈsweɪd/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they persuade | /pəˈsweɪd/ /pərˈsweɪd/ |
| he / she / it persuades | /pəˈsweɪdz/ /pərˈsweɪdz/ |
| past simple persuaded | /pəˈsweɪdɪd/ /pərˈsweɪdɪd/ |
| past participle persuaded | /pəˈsweɪdɪd/ /pərˈsweɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form persuading | /pəˈsweɪdɪŋ/ /pərˈsweɪdɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody do something by giving them good reasons for doing it
劝说；说服 - persuade somebody to do something Try to persuade him to come.
尽量劝他来。 - persuade somebody Please try and persuade her.
请尽力说服她。 - She's always easily persuaded.
她向来禁不住劝。 - I'm sure he'll come with a bit of persuading.
我相信，劝一劝他就会来的。 - persuade somebody into something I didn't want to go, but my friends persuaded me into it.
我不想去，但我的朋友们说服了我。 - persuade somebody into doing something I allowed myself to be persuaded into entering the competition.
我搁不住人家的劝说，就参加了比赛。 - persuade somebody out of something There was no way to persuade him out of it (= persuade him not to do it)
没有办法说服他放弃。 - persuade somebody out of doing something My sister persuaded me out of dying my hair.
我姐姐劝我不要染发。
Topics Discussion and agreementb1- Dictators can sometimes be gently persuaded to leave power with special deals that guarantee their safety.
在达成确保安全的特别协议的情况下，独裁者有时可以被温和地说服交出权力。 - He eventually managed to persuade one of the staff to let him in.
他最终成功地说服了一名工作人员让他进去。 - He somehow persuaded the studio to let him make the film.
他不知用什么方法说服了电影公司让他来拍摄这部影片。 - I was reluctantly persuaded to join the committee.
我勉强被说服加入了委员会。 - She was easily persuaded to accompany us.
她很容易就被说服陪我们一起去。 - The education minister personally persuaded the prime minister to rethink.
教育部长亲自劝首相再考虑一下。 - They had difficulty in persuading the two sides to sit down together.
他们在说服双方坐下和谈时遇到了困难。 - Can you persuade him to come?
你能劝他来吗？ - an unsuccessful attempt to persuade her colleagues
劝说她的同事未果 - She was persuaded into marriage against her will.
她被说服违背自己的意愿结婚了。 - She was persuaded into buying an expensive dress.
她在劝说之下买了一条昂贵的连衣裙。 - Why not invite Larry, if he can be persuaded out of hibernation?
如果可以说服拉里出来活动活动，为什么不邀请他？
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- successfully
- almost
- eventually
- …
- attempt to
- seek to
- try to
- …
- into
- of
- out of
- …
- an attempt to persuade somebody
- an effort to persuade somebody
- be fully persuaded
- …
- persuade somebody to do something Try to persuade him to come.
- to make somebody believe that something is true
使信服；使相信 - persuade somebody/yourself that… It will be difficult to persuade them that there's no other choice.
很难让他们相信别无选择。 - She had persuaded herself that life was not worth living.
她自认为人生没有价值。 - persuade somebody No one was persuaded by his arguments.
没人相信他的论点。 - persuade somebody of something (formal) I am still not fully persuaded of the plan's merits.
我还不能完全信服这个计划的优点。
Which Word? persuade / convincepersuade / convince- The main meaning of persuade is to make someone agree to do something by giving them good reasons for doing it:
persuade 的主要意思为说服、劝说： - I tried to persuade her to see a doctor.
我极力劝她去看医生。
convince 的主要意思为使确信、信服： - He convinced me he was right.
他使我相信他是正确的。
- I tried to persuade her to see a doctor.
- It is quite common, however, for each of these words to be used with both meanings, especially for convince to be used as a synonym for persuade:
不过，上述两词两种含义都用的情况相当普遍，尤其是 convince 常作同义词替代 persuade： - I persuaded/convinced her to see a doctor.
我劝她去看医生。
- I persuaded/convinced her to see a doctor.
- It has been difficult to persuade people that we have no political objectives.
很难让人相信我们没有政治目的。 - I am not fully persuaded by these arguments.
这些论点没有充分说服我。 - We must persuade the government of the need for change.
我们必须使政府相信需要变革。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- successfully
- almost
- eventually
- …
- attempt to
- seek to
- try to
- …
- into
- of
- out of
- …
- an attempt to persuade somebody
- an effort to persuade somebody
- be fully persuaded
- …
- persuade somebody/yourself that… It will be difficult to persuade them that there's no other choice.
词源late 15th cent.: from Latin persuadere, from per- ‘through, to completion’ + suadere ‘advise’.