persuaded

英 [pəˈsweɪdɪd]

美 [pərˈsweɪdɪd]

v.  劝说; 说服; 使信服; 使相信
persuade的过去分词和过去式

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

• Mr James persuaded the banks to accept a large write-off of debt.
  詹姆斯先生说服银行同意注销一大笔债务。
• Finally I was persuaded to go.
  最后我被说服了，我就去了。
• He was not a man to be persuaded. He would restort whatever we said.
  他不是个可以说服的人。不论我们说什么，他都得反唇相稽。
• Derek persuaded me of the feasibility of the idea.
  德里克让我相信这个想法是可行的。
• A posse of Marsh's friends persuaded them that this was a bad idea.
  马什的一群朋友劝他们说这是个馊主意。
• No one can be persuaded by sophistry.
  强词夺理不能折服人。
• I was persuaded to step into the breach temporarily when they became too ill to continue.
  在他们病得很重无法坚持的情况下，我被劝服去临时顶替他们。
• He's really stubborn and won't be persuaded.
  他真固执，简直劝不过来。
• He was persuaded by his advisers to press ahead
  顾问们说服他继续干下去。
• Mr Milner persuaded the federal prosecutors not to lock up his client
  米尔纳先生说服联邦检察官不把他的当事人关起来。