dissuade
verb[T]
uk/dɪˈsweɪd/us/dɪˈsweɪd/topersuadesomeone not to do something:
劝说…不做某事,劝阻Itriedto dissuade herfromleaving.我试图劝说她不要离开。
Synonym
deter
Opposite
persuade
to persuade someone to do something
- persuadeIf she doesn't want to do it, nothing you say will persuade her.
- convinceThe lawyer convinced the jury of the man's innocence.
- talk someone intoShe managed to talk me into going along.
- talk someone out ofI think I've talked him out of leaving the country.
- dissuadeI tried to dissuade her from leaving.
- cajoleHe really knows how to cajole people into doing what he wants.
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