我试图说服他，但却无济于事。

I tried to persuade him, but with little or no effect.

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我试图说服他停止服用镇静剂。

I've tried to get him to come off the tranquillizers.

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他们试图说服我收回我的话。

They tried to persuade me to retract my words.

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And so, he attempts to defend this position, justify it to his disciples who are worried that it may not be true.

所以,他试图捍卫他的观点,并试图说服,那些怀疑这一点的学生们

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So they and I would both talk to people who think: "No, we should be realistic.

所以我和他们都会试图说服这样一些人，这些人认为：,不，我们要现实。

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And then we'll see that he's going to use his principle to convince us or try to convince us that the soul is imortal, is indestructible.

然后我们会看到他打算,利用这一原理说服我们,或者试图说服我们,灵魂是不朽的，是不可毁灭的。

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