persuade | BrE pəˈsweɪd, AmE pərˈsweɪd | transitive verb ① (influence) 说服 shuōfú ▸ to persuade sb (not) to do sth; 说服某人(不)做某事 ▸ to persuade sb into/out of sth/doing sth; 说服某人做/不做某事 ② (convince intellectually) 使相信 shǐ xiāngxìn ▸ I am not totally persuaded of the necessity for that 我不完全确信那件事的必要性 |