persuade

vt. 说服，劝说；使某人相信；劝某人做（不做）某事

vi. 说服；被说服

adj. 空闲的，有闲的

中文词源

persuade 劝说，劝服

per-,完全的，-suad,甜的，词源同sweet,dissuade.引申词义劝说，劝服。

persuade: persuade: [16] The -suade element of persuade goes back to Latin suādēre ‘advise, urge’, a descendant of the same Indo-European base (*swād-) as produced English assuage [14], suave [16], and sweet. Addition of the intensive prefix per- produced persuādēre, source of English persuade; while negation of suādēre with dis- has given English dissuade [15].
=> assuage, suave, sweet
persuade (v.): 1510s, from Middle French persuader (14c.), from Latin persuadere "to bring over by talking," (see persuasion). Related: Persuaded; persuading.

1. Somehow, he'd managed to persuade Kay to buy one for him.: 不知用了什么方法，他成功说服凯给他买了一个。

2. Eisenhower used his muscle to persuade Congress to change the law.: 艾森豪威尔用他的影响力说服国会修改了该项法律。

3. Ford never desisted from trying to persuade him to return to America.: 福特从未停止过劝说他返回美国。

5. We had the devil's own job to persuade him to take part.: 我们说服他参加可费了一番周折。