persuasion
noun
uk/pəˈsweɪ.ʒən/us/pɚˈsweɪ.ʒən/persuasionnoun(CHANGING IDEAS)
C2[U]
theactionofpersuadingsomeone or of beingpersuaded:
说服It took a lot of persuasion toconvincethecommitteeof theadvantagesof the newplan.费了许多口舌才让委员会相信新计划的种种好处。
She willhelpyou - she justneedsa littlegentlepersuasion.她会帮你的——只是需要稍微劝劝她。
Theoccasionwill be atestof the senator'spowersofpersuasion(= hisabilitytopersuadepeople).这是检验参议员说服力的时候了。
Urging & persuading
- ambulance-chasing
- argumentation
- be/go on atsomeoneidiom
- blag
- blagger
- chivvy
- fob
- induce
- inveigle
- lean
- lean onsomeone/something
- miseducate
- miseducation
- overencourage
- soft sell
- urge
- woo
- work onsomething
- wrap
- wrapsomeonearoundyourlittle fingeridiom
persuasionnoun(BELIEFS)
[C]
aparticularset ofbeliefs,especiallyreligiousones:
（尤指宗教上的）信仰，信念We need asocietywhichwelcomespeopleofallreligiouspersuasions.我们需要一个可包容一切宗教信仰的社会。
Synonyms
inclination(FEELING)
tendency
Opinions, beliefs and points of view
- Afrocentric
- agnosticism
- angle
- anti-ideological
- article of faith
- ascription
- bubble
- creed
- have/take a notion todo somethingidiom
- helicopter view
- heretical
- hot take
- idea
- outlook
- point of view
- pole
- politics
- posture
- pretension
- prism
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Religious beliefs & atheistic beliefs