persuade
英 [pəˈsweɪd]
美 [pɚˈsweɪd]
- vt. 说服,劝说;使某人相信;劝某人做(不做)某事
- vi. 说服;被说服
- adj. 空闲的,有闲的
persuade 劝说,劝服per-,完全的,-suad,甜的,词源同sweet,dissuade.引申词义劝说,劝服。
- persuade
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persuade: [16] The -suade element of persuade goes back to Latin suādēre ‘advise, urge’, a descendant of the same Indo-European base (*swād-) as produced English assuage [14], suave [16], and sweet. Addition of the intensive prefix per- produced persuādēre, source of English persuade; while negation of suādēre with dis- has given English dissuade [15].
=> assuage, suave, sweet
- persuade (v.)
- 1510s, from Middle French persuader (14c.), from Latin persuadere "to bring over by talking," (see persuasion). Related: Persuaded; persuading.
- 1. Somehow, he'd managed to persuade Kay to buy one for him.
- 不知用了什么方法,他成功说服凯给他买了一个。
- 2. Eisenhower used his muscle to persuade Congress to change the law.
- 艾森豪威尔用他的影响力说服国会修改了该项法律。
- 3. Ford never desisted from trying to persuade him to return to America.
- 福特从未停止过劝说他返回美国。
- 4. Will this be enough to persuade Congress to cough up?
- 这能说服国会掏钱吗?
- 5. We had the devil's own job to persuade him to take part.
- 我们说服他参加可费了一番周折。