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.
雙語例句
1. Somehow, he'd managed to persuade Kay to buy one for him.
不知用了什么方法，他成功說服凱給他買了一個。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Eisenhower used his muscle to persuade Congress to change the law.
艾森豪威爾用他的影響力說服國會修改了該項法律。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Ford never desisted from trying to persuade him to return to America.
福特從未停止過勸說他返回美國。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Will this be enough to persuade Congress to cough up?
這能說服國會掏錢嗎？
來自柯林斯例句
5. We had the devil's own job to persuade him to take part.