他试图说服小叮当。

He tried to argue with Tink.

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毕竟他试图说服就是美国人。

It was after all the Americans he was trying to convince.

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他试图说服她，可是失败了。

He tried to persuade her, but failed.

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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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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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But, he says, if he tries to persuade people of the goodness and the justice of his way of life on simply rational grounds alone, to persuade them that the examined life alone is worth living, he says he will not be believed.

但他表示，假设他试图说服,良善及正直之士,相信其生活方式的作法,仅在简单的理性基础上，或者试图说服他们,经反省的生命才值得活，他说他们也仍然不会相信他。

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