persuade /pəˈsweɪd/ CET4 TEM4 ( persuading, persuaded, persuades )

• 1. 

  V-T If you persuade someone to do something, you cause them to do it by giving them good reasons for doing it. 说服

  例：

  My husband persuaded me to come.

  我丈夫说服我来的。

  例：

  We're trying to persuade manufacturers to sell them here.

  我们正试图说服制造商们在这里销售它们。

• 2. 

  V-T If something persuades someone to take a particular course of action, it causes them to take that course of action because it is a good reason for doing so. 引发 (某人采取行动)

  例：

  It was the lack of privacy that eventually persuaded us to move after Ben was born.

  正是因为缺少隐私感才最终迫使我们在本出生后搬了家。

• 3. 

  V-T If you persuade someone that something is true, you say things that eventually make them believe that it is true. 使相信

  例：

  I've persuaded Mrs. Tennant that it's time she retired.

  我已经使坦南特夫人相信是她该退休的时候了。

  例：

  We had managed to persuade them that it was worth working with us.

  我们已经设法使他们相信和我们一起共事是值得的。