persuade
说服
definition
verb
it wasn't easy, but I persuaded him to do the right thing
cause (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.
translation of 'persuade'
verb
劝说,
说,
说服,
相劝
example
A more modern party may finally 'persuade' them out of their armchairs and into the polling booth.
If the moral case won't 'persuade' everyone, perhaps the practical case will.
nothing in this universe would 'persuade' them of it
Why would individuals expend effort to 'persuade' an audience about something that it already believes?
He believes this would 'persuade' many motorists to switch to a second-hand purchase.
It tends to 'persuade' people who may be otherwise inclined to carry out a preventative maintenance service once a year.
Once again, I have concluded that the evidence does not 'persuade' me that this event occurred.
I couldn't 'persuade' her that I was serious
How could I 'persuade' her to believe me and not think I was being mental or playing a joke?
Her dad's efforts to 'persuade' her to buy a computer have fallen on deaf ears.
Alas, the lead singer's attempts to 'persuade' him to remove his shirt for the ladies went down the toilet.
But the supposed need for an early revolution did 'persuade' many to accept violence as a temporary necessity.
Nor do I think a slippery slope case would 'persuade' anyone who can see nothing wrong with banning such views.
Laurel and Hardy's best performances 'persuade' you that humiliation is not all it's cracked up to be.
to 'persuade' sb of sth
he did everything he could to 'persuade' the police that he was the robber
he did everything he could to 'persuade' the police that he was the robber
His agent has been trying to 'persuade' him to move down to London, so that he will be closer to the jobs.
Efforts to 'persuade' teenagers to stay at school had also been increased.
the argument failed to 'persuade' me
No human voice can 'persuade' the man who believes that God is speaking in his other ear.
You have no idea how difficult it was to 'persuade' him to move it back into the kitchen.
The arguments and results may 'persuade' you to change the way you coach this critical skill.
to 'persuade' sb to do sth
A police negotiator 'persuaded' the man to release the woman and child about 30 minutes after the siege began.
Applying that standard we were not 'persuaded' of the guilt of the employee and we could not move honestly to dismissal.
They only lived in Las Vegas for six months, until Jena 'persuaded' her mom to move to Los Angeles.
He seems truly to have been 'persuaded' of the justice of his claims.
So it was quite incredible to see people willingly parade across this fiery pathway, but Cliff had done a great job in 'persuading' us to believe that we could.
Well, there are so many undecided or 'persuadable' people.
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