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 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。
• The threat of employment persuades workers to moderate their pay demands.
  失业的威胁驱使工人们只好对工资降格以求。
• But what persuades me that the dollar has further to devalue is the observation that, for once, politics and economics are pushing in the same direction.
  但我之所以认为美元将进一步贬值，是因为我注意到：只有这一次，政治和经济正向着同一个方向发力。
• Therefore, he tells the family member and the neighbor this fearful news and persuades they quickly to leave.
  于是，他将这一可怕的消息告诉家人和邻居并劝说他们赶快离开。
• If$ 100 oil finally persuades western governments to act with real determination, some good may come of it, after all.
  如果100美元的油价最终能劝服西方政府真正下定决心采取行动，那么，也许终究会得到一些善果。
• An Author easily persuades himself that the public opinion is still favorable to his labors;
  一个作者容易说服他自己，舆论会承认他的劳动。
• 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。
• Some Taiwanese companies said they have moved some or all of their operations back to Taiwan, and won't go back unless the Vietnamese government persuades them that their workers and assets will be safe.
  一些台湾公司表示，已将部分或全部业务迁回台湾，除非越南政府让它们相信它们的工人和资产将是安全的，否则它们不会迁回越南。
• Here Cale persuades peace-loving president Sawyer to take action against the bad guys.
  影片中，凯尔劝说热爱和平的索耶总统对叛兵采取行动。
• 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。