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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The news contents of a newspaper, of course, remains the vital part that persuades the reader to become a regular subscriber.
  报纸的新闻内容自然也就成为说服读者成为正常订户的重要手段。
• 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。
• 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。
• If regulators approve the deal, News Corp then needs to find a price that persuades shareholders in both companies to go along.
  如果监管机构批准该交易，那么新闻集团需要找到一个可以说服两家公司股东同意交易的收购价格。
• 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 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。
• 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。