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.
权威例句
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。
4. Will this be enough to persuade Congress to cough up?
这能说服国会掏钱吗?
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。
词语辨析
【persuade, advise, convince】
这组词都有“劝说”的意思,其区别是:
persuade: 指用感情说服某人去做某事。如:I persuaded him to go back to work. (我说服他回去工作了。)
advise: 表建议,规劝某人应该做某事或如何做。如:He advised me to put my money in the bank. (他劝我把钱存入银行。)
convince: 指向某人陈述事实,运用推理或逻辑证明使某人信服。如:We convinced Smith to go by train rather than plane. (我们说服了史密斯乘火车而不乘飞机前往。)