/pəˈsweɪd ||; pɚˈswed/verb[T] 1 persuade sb (to do sth);persuade sb (into sth/doing sth) to make sb do sth by giving him/her good reasons 说服，劝服，劝说（某人做某事）: It was difficult to persuade Louise to change her mind. 要说服路易丝改变主意是很难的事。We eventually persuaded Sanjay into coming with us. 我们最后说服了桑杰与我们一起去。 [OPP] dissuade 反义词为dissuade
2 (formal 正式)persuade sb that...;persuade sb (of sth) to make sb believe sth 使相信: She had persuaded herself that she was going to fail. 她让自己相信她会失败。The jury was not persuaded of her innocence. 陪审团不相信她是清白的。 ☞Look at convince. 参看convince。