persuades

英 [pəˈsweɪdz]

美 [pərˈsweɪdz]

v.  劝说; 说服; 使信服; 使相信
persuade的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 劝说；说服
  If youpersuadesomeonetodo 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。
• VERB 使采取行动
  If somethingpersuadessomeonetotake 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。
• VERB 使信服；使相信
  If youpersuadesomeonethatsomething 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。

双语例句

• The boy persuades easily.
  这孩子听劝。
• Recently I heard a well-known television personality declare that he was against advertising because it persuades rather than informs.
  近来我听说一个著名的电视人物声称自己反对广告，因此广告是在说服人们、而不是为人们提供信息。
• That sense of creating something new and important persuades some people to go back even to deeply troubled countries.
  这种创造重要的新事物的感觉，促使一些人回到了即使深陷困境的祖国。
• Prison rarely persuades a criminal of the advantages of honest toil over theft.
  监禁很少使罪犯诚实劳动胜过盗窃。
• This first encounter persuades me instantly that his voice-courteous, engaging and persuasive-will work well on radio.
  我们的首次见面就使我立即相信，他的声音彬彬有礼、富有魅力，而且具有说服力在广播上一定能获得很好的效果。
• Comrade Bocheng constantly persuades and educates other comrades in this spirit.
  伯承同志便是不断地以这样的精神去说服与教育同志的。
• This is the heart-warming moment that a gentle dog befriends a young boy with Down's Syndrome and persuades the child to play.
  这是让人感动的一刻：一只温柔的狗狗试图和一个患有唐氏综合症的小男孩做朋友，还想说服孩子一起玩耍。
• My own club is offering a mountain bike to anyone who persuades two friends to sign up.
  我自己所在的俱乐部就承诺，向任何成功劝说两位朋友入会的会员提供一辆山地车。
• And if I judge that my imagination, or some other cause, whatever it is, persuades me that the wax exists, I shall still conclude the same.
  如果判定我的想象力或者不论别的什么原因使我相信蜂蜡存在，我仍将得到同样的结论。
• The social worker infiltrates gangs, gains their trust, and, eventually, persuades members to return to their families or to seek help elsewhere.
  社会工作者打进团伙，争取信任，最终劝说他们回家或另寻帮助。