persuade [pə'sweid]

vt.

1、说服（某人）做某事；劝说；引诱

The trouble is we can do nothing to persuade him.
问题是我们无法说服他。

Try to persuade her to eat a little.
试着劝她吃点东西。

No matter how hard we tried to persuade him, he wouldn't listen.
不管我们怎么劝他都无动于衷。

You should do all you can to persuade him.
你应该尽一切可能来说服他。

2、使（某人）相信

We persuaded Harry that he was wrong.
我们使亨利相信是他错了。

I am almost persuaded of his honesty.
我几乎相信他是诚实的。

【同义词】

induce vt. 诱使，说服，劝使

Nothing shall induce me to join their club.
我怎么都不会去加入他们的俱乐部。

【反义词】

dissuade vt. 劝阻, 劝戒

He was easily dissuaded from going.
他很容易就接受劝告不走了。

You cant dissuade them.
你劝阻不了他们的。

【背句子记单词】

I failed to persuade him.
我没能说服他。

You might be able to persuade him.
你或许能把他劝好。