1persuade sb (to do sth);persuade sb (into sth/doing sth) to make sb do sth by giving him/her good reasons 说服,劝服,劝说(某人做某事):
It was difficult to persuade Louise to change her mind.要说服路易丝改变主意是很难的事。We eventually persuaded Sanjay into coming with us.我们最后说服了桑杰与我们一起去。 [OPP] dissuade 反义词为dissuade
2 (formal 正式)persuade sb that...;persuade sb (of sth) to make sb believe sth 使相信:
She had persuaded herself that she was going to fail.她让自己相信她会失败。The jury was not persuaded of her innocence.陪审团不相信她是清白的。☞Look at convince. 参看convince。
persuade/pɚˋswed; pəˈsweId/v [T]1 to make someone decide to do something by telling them why it is a good idea 说服﹐劝说: persuade sb to do sth John was trying to persuade me to stay. 约翰想劝我留下来。2 to make someone believe something [ convince ] 使相信﹐使信服: +(that) She’ll only take me back if I can persuade her that I’ve changed. 只有让她相信我已改变﹐她才会重新接纳我。persuade sb of sth We must persuade people of the importance of protecting the environment. 我们必须让人们相信保护环境的重要性。
persuadepersuadepersuadespersuadedpersuadingverb (persuades, persuading, persuaded)to make somebody think or do something by talking to them: The shop assistant persuaded me to buy the most expensive pair of jeans.