persuaded
past simple and past participle ofpersuade
| 单词 | persuaded |
| 释义 | persuaded past simple and past participle ofpersuade persuade verb[T] uk/pəˈsweɪd/us/pɚˈsweɪd/B1 to make someone do orbelievesomething by giving them a goodreasonto do it or bytalkingto thatpersonand making thembelieveit: If she doesn'twantto go, nothing you can say will persuade her. [+ (that)]It's no usetryingto persuade him(that)you'reinnocent. [+ to infinitive]He istryingto persuadelocalandforeignbusinessestoinvestin theproject. Using abunchofbananas, the zoo-keeper persuaded themonkeyback intoitscage. formalThe firstpriorityis to persuade themanagementoftheurgencyof thismatter. Herlegaladviserspersuaded herinto/out ofmentioning(= tomention/not tomention)thenamesof thepeopleinvolvedin therobbery. Synonym talksomeoneintosomething Opposites deter dissuade Compare convince encourage to persuade someone to do something
Urging & persuading
Examplesofpersuadedpersuaded In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It was not only husbands whopersuadedwomen to return. From theCambridge English Corpus Perhaps its publishers could bepersuadedto bring it out in paperback to make these individual essays more readily available to researchers and students alike. From theCambridge English Corpus This bit of deception, even if it was only self-deception, disturbed many of us, and wepersuadedhim to stop. From theCambridge English Corpus Some interviewees, as noted, had personal experiences of limited stays with their children abroad, and these hadpersuadedthem not to migrate. From theCambridge English Corpus As noted, these are the very individuals most likely to bepersuadedby political messages encountered in a soft news context. From theCambridge English Corpus Nobody has won, nobody haspersuadedthe other, nobody has solved any problem, and yet everybody is happy. From theCambridge English Corpus Finally, the inspirational quality of the grounds we consider plays a role : we must bepersuadedby something before we can believe it. From theCambridge English Corpus Gradually, theypersuadedthemselves that this condemnation was the safeguard of ' ' true ' ' religious liberty. From theCambridge English Corpus However, we are also powerfullypersuadedby ideas which are hard to reconcile with it. From theCambridge English Corpus Not everyone ispersuadedby the 'expansionary fiscal consolidation' thesis and some studies suggest that restrictive public expenditure regimes do exacerbate social tensions. From theCambridge English Corpus Whatpersuadedhim to change his mind and back up a project of no financial benefit to him? From theCambridge English Corpus Actually it did not take me too long to bepersuaded. From theCambridge English Corpus The threat of violencepersuadedthe three to leave. From theCambridge English Corpus Rather, itpersuadedthem to regard even their highest principles as species of hypothesis. From theCambridge English Corpus Conversely, if enough people arepersuadedto avoid that new way of saying it, the new way will fade out. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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