The two are open to persuasion, to consider alternatives, perhaps even radical alternatives, to the society that has nurtured them.

两人都愿接受劝说，并考虑替代性作法,或甚至是极端的替代方案，以改变哺育他们的社会。

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I would hope to persuade them to seek some alternative forms of, you know, self-improvement.

我希望劝说他们采用其它提升自己的方式。

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Why can't you take to the Hustings, persuade your fellow citizens that taxation is unjust and try to get a majority?

你何不去参加竞选，劝说你的同胞,收税不公正的，并争取到大多数人的支持呢？

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And we know--from reading Buddy's letter over Zooey's shoulder in the bathtub--we know that Zooey had similar concerns about his own acting career, his own commitment to acting that Buddy tried to persuade him out of.

我们知道，从巴蒂的信中，在浴缸中,我们知道左伊也对他自己的表演事业感到同样的担心,他对表演的付出，巴蒂,曾试图劝说他放弃。

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