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

• Knowing he is dying the clone goes to Luthor and gets the hair sample then persuades Superman to take him to the sun to die.
  在分明他行将去后，克隆超回到了路瑟处带回了头发样品，然后央浼超带他到太阳下去。
• So the son persuades him to invest in a restaurant.
  让他自愿借钱我投资。
• I find I fairly like eating when he finally persuades me to taste the oyster.
  当他最后说服我尝尝牡蛎时，我发现我相当喜欢吃。
• 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。
• After he persuades Boog to untie him, both of their lives change great.
  在劝说布格和自己结成同盟之后，它们的生活都开始发生了翻天覆地的变化。
• And it persuades the peoples of so many foreign countries that America is the world's leader.
  还能说服如此众多的外国人认为，美国是世界的领袖。
• The boy persuades easily.
  这孩子听劝。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。