Having convinced themselves that learning to play chess can develop the mind, many parents decided to send their children to learn chess.

许多父母在确信学习下棋可以发展心智后，他们决定送孩子去学下棋。

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The big tech firms have convinced themselves that the health industry will be the next to embrace cloud computing.

一些大型技术公司已确信医保将会是下一个引进云计算的行业。

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Some people who were scandalized by the essay convinced themselves I meant something rather stupid: that Microsoft is about to go out of business.

有些人被这文章惊到了，他们对自己说，我发表了一个很愚蠢的观点：微软公司快要倒闭了。

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Obama and his allies somehow convinced themselves the gun issue would hurt conservatives and Republicans.

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The insurers have obviously convinced themselves there is much in the turnip to squeeze.

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Brand managers convinced themselves that they were following social trends as faithful servants of consumer need.

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