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.
双语例句
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。
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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。
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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。
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4. Will this be enough to persuade Congress to cough up?
这能说服国会掏钱吗？
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5. We had the devil's own job to persuade him to take part.