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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• He usually persuades his daughter to book his flights online as he says he is not a computer buff.
  他常常让自己的女儿帮他在线预订航班，因为他说自己对电脑不在行。
• Davos persuades me there is little hope of change.
  达沃斯论坛让我看不到丝毫改善的希望。
• 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。
• 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。