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persuade
verb [ T ]
UK /pəˈsweɪd/ US /pɚˈsweɪd/
B1
to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to that person and making them believe it
勸服；說服
If she doesn't want to go, nothing you can say will persuade her.
如果她不想去，你是說甚麼也勸不動她的。
[ + (that) ] It's no use trying to persuade him (that) you're innocent.
試圖讓他相信你的無辜是徒勞的。
[ + to infinitive ] He is trying to persuade local and foreign businesses to invest in the project.
他正在努力說服國內外公司投資該專案計劃。
Using a bunch of bananas, the zoo-keeper persuaded the monkey back into its cage.
動物園管理員用一串香蕉誘使猴子回到籠子裡。
formal The first priority is to persuade the management of the urgency of this matter.
當務之急是要讓管理階層了解到事情的緊迫性。
Her legal advisers persuaded her into/out of mentioning (= to mention/not to mention) the names of the people involved in the robbery.
她的法律顧問勸她說出／不要說出涉入搶劫的人的名字。
More examples
Clever salesmanship can persuade you to buy things you don't really want.
We only need one more player for this game - can you persuade your sister to join in?
I have a suspicion that he only asked me out because my brother persuaded him to.
Johnson was influential in persuading the producers to put money into the film.
She used her womanly charms to persuade him to change his mind.
blend
verb [ I or T ]
UK /blend/ US /blend/
to mix or combine together
（使）混合，（使）混雜；（使）交融
