persuade

verb

1. 劝说；说服
   to make sb do sth by giving them good reasons for doing it
   1. Try to persuade him to come.
      尽量劝他来。
   2. Please try and persuade her.
      请尽力说服她。
   3. She's always easily persuaded.
      她向来禁不住劝。
   4. 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。
   5. I'm sure he'll come with a bit of persuading.
      我相信，劝一劝他就会来的。
2. 使信服；使相信
   to make sb believe that sth is true
   1. It will be difficult to persuade them that there's no other choice.
      很难让他们相信别无选择。
   2. She had persuaded herself that life was not worth living.
      她自认为人生没有价值。
   3. No one was persuaded by his arguments.
      没人相信他的论点。
   4. 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。

1. VERB 劝说；说服
   If you persuade someone to do something, you cause them to do it by giving them good reasons for doing it.
   1. My husband persuaded me to come...
      我丈夫说服我前来。
   2. We're trying to persuade manufacturers to sell them here...
      我们正在努力劝说制造商在这里销售。
   3. They were eventually persuaded by the police to give themselves up.
      最终他们被警方劝服，同意投案自首。
2. VERB 使采取行动
   If something persuades someone to take a particular course of action, it causes them to take that course of action because it is a good reason for doing so.
   1. The Conservative Party's victory in April's general election persuaded him to run for President again...
      4月保守党在大选中获胜促使他再次竞选总统。
   2. It was the lack of privacy that eventually persuaded us to move after Ben was born.
      就是因为想要清静，我们最终在本出生后搬家了。
3. VERB 使信服；使相信
   If you persuade someone that something is true, you say things that eventually make them believe that it is true.
   1. I've persuaded Mrs Tennant that it's time she retired...
      我已经说服坦南特夫人她该退休了。
   2. We had managed to persuade them that it was worth working with us...
      我们已经让他们相信与我们合作是值得的。
   3. Derek persuaded me of the feasibility of the idea.
      德里克让我相信这个想法是可行的。

1. Will this be enough to persuade Congress to cough up?
   这能说服国会掏钱吗？
2. I did my damnedest to persuade her.
   我尽了最大的努力去说服她。
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. 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。
5. He will doubtless try and persuade his colleagues to change their minds
   他很可能会试图说服同事们改变主意。
6. Both groups joined forces to persuade voters to approve a tax break for the industry
   两个团体联合游说投票者赞成给予这个行业税收优惠。
7. People tried to persuade him to go for a more gradual reform programme.
   人们试图说服他采取更为渐进的改革方案。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. Numerous attempts to persuade him to write his memoirs came to nought.
    无数次劝他写回忆录的尝试均以失败告终。
11. My husband persuaded me to come
    我丈夫说服我前来。
12. We're trying to persuade manufacturers to sell them here
    我们正在努力劝说制造商在这里销售。
13. They were eventually persuaded by the police to give themselves up.
    最终他们被警方劝服，同意投案自首。
14. The Conservative Party's victory in April's general election persuaded him to run for President again
    4月保守党在大选中获胜促使他再次竞选总统。
15. It was the lack of privacy that eventually persuaded us to move after Ben was born.
    就是因为想要清静，我们最终在本出生后搬家了。
16. I've persuaded Mrs Tennant that it's time she retired
    我已经说服坦南特夫人她该退休了。
17. We had managed to persuade them that it was worth working with us
    我们已经让他们相信与我们合作是值得的。
18. Derek persuaded me of the feasibility of the idea.
    德里克让我相信这个想法是可行的。
19. It did not persuade them to abandon the war but it did force them to reappraise their strategy.
    那并没有说服他们放弃战争，但的确迫使他们重新评估了自己的战略。
20. I'm trying to persuade you to be more sensible.
    我想要说服你更理智一点儿。
21. Efforts to persuade the remainder to follow suit have continued.
    说服其余人跟着效仿的努力仍在继续。
22. At no time did they try to persuade me to suppress the information
    他们从没有试图劝我隐瞒这个消息。
23. No matter how hard we tried to persuade him, he wouldn't listen.
    任我们怎样劝说，他也不听。
24. I believe she has some influence with the headmaster--she might persuade him.
    我相信她的话在校长面前有一些分量，她有可能说服他。
25. Can you persuade her out of her foolish plans?
    你能劝她放弃那些愚蠢的计划吗？
26. Do you think you could persuade them over to see me?
    你觉得能劝说他们到这里来见我吗？
27. The method to be used in debates is to present the facts, reason things out, and persuade through reasoning.
    辩论的时候，必须采取摆事实，讲道理，以理服人的方法。
28. It's easy to persuade him if you go the right method.
    只要你的方法得当，说服他并不难。
29. Get someone who is on good terms with him to try and persuade him.
    找一个跟他说得来的人去动员他。
30. He was able to persuade capital to adopt his plans.
    他能说服资方采纳他的计划。

  advise convince dissuade persuade【导航词义：劝告】

  advise v. 劝告，建议

〔辨析〕表示给某人出主意。

  convince v. 使信服，劝服

〔辨析〕指让某人相信某事是正确的。

  dissuade v. 劝阻

〔辨析〕指说服某人不要做某事，常可与介词 from 连用。

  persuade v. 说服，劝导

〔辨析〕强调以理服人，通过说理让他人明白做某事的道理。

verb

1. cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action
   1. You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!

2. win approval or support for
   1. Carry all before one
   2. His speech did not sway the voters

   Synonym:    carrysway