dissuade

Word family noun persuasion ≠ dissuasion persuasiveness dissuaderdissuasoryadjective persuasive dissuasiveverb persuade ≠ dissuade adverb persuasively dissuasively

dis·suade /dɪˈsweɪd/ verb [transitiveT]

PERSUADEto persuade someone not to do something 劝阻 OPP persuade

dissuade somebody from (doing) something

a campaign to dissuade young people from smoking

劝阻青年人吸烟的宣传活动

► see thesaurus at persuade

—dissuasion /dɪˈsweɪʒən/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

dissuade• In 1994,74 people were talked out of jumping; in 1993,46 people were dissuaded from suicide.• But none of these horrors had dissuaded Godolphin from travelling in the Reconciled Dominions.• I managed to dissuade her from that and we settled on lunch together the following day.• He wanted to come with me, and nothing I said could dissuade him.• The females are obviously well aware of this, as they try hard to dissuade other females from joining their chosen male.• Not that this dissuades upwards of 800 competitors from entering the event.• In other words, it might dissuade worthy lawsuits even as it fails to protect against outlandish ones.

dissuade somebody from (doing) something• They accepted that this often meant dissuading him from acting on his bedrock convictions because of the political costs involved.• It was perhaps a strategy for dissuading him from coming round so often.• I was trying to dissuade them from doing so.• Frankie had seen it before and thought I wouldn't like it and tried to dissuade me from going in.• A small rise in interest rates would be unlikely to dissuade the firm from investing in this case.• The females are obviously well aware of this, as they try hard to dissuade other females from joining their chosen male.• Most of the bishops did their best to dissuade their clergy from subscribing any such addresses.• So methods have been developed to dissuade you from wandering off to somebody else's cash register.

Origin dissuade

(1500-1600) Latin dissuadere, from suadere “to persuade”

单词	dissuade
释义	dissuade Word family noun persuasion ≠ dissuasion persuasiveness dissuaderdissuasoryadjective persuasive dissuasiveverb persuade ≠ dissuade adverb persuasively dissuasively dis·suade /dɪˈsweɪd/ verb [transitiveT] PERSUADEto persuade someone not to do something 劝阻 OPP persuade dissuade somebody from (doing) something a campaign to dissuade young people from smoking 劝阻青年人吸烟的宣传活动 ► see thesaurus at persuade —dissuasion /dɪˈsweɪʒən/ noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus dissuade• In 1994,74 people were talked out of jumping; in 1993,46 people were dissuaded from suicide.• But none of these horrors had dissuaded Godolphin from travelling in the Reconciled Dominions.• I managed to dissuade her from that and we settled on lunch together the following day.• He wanted to come with me, and nothing I said could dissuade him.• The females are obviously well aware of this, as they try hard to dissuade other females from joining their chosen male.• Not that this dissuades upwards of 800 competitors from entering the event.• In other words, it might dissuade worthy lawsuits even as it fails to protect against outlandish ones. dissuade somebody from (doing) something• They accepted that this often meant dissuading him from acting on his bedrock convictions because of the political costs involved.• It was perhaps a strategy for dissuading him from coming round so often.• I was trying to dissuade them from doing so.• Frankie had seen it before and thought I wouldn't like it and tried to dissuade me from going in.• A small rise in interest rates would be unlikely to dissuade the firm from investing in this case.• The females are obviously well aware of this, as they try hard to dissuade other females from joining their chosen male.• Most of the bishops did their best to dissuade their clergy from subscribing any such addresses.• So methods have been developed to dissuade you from wandering off to somebody else's cash register. Origin dissuade (1500-1600) Latin dissuadere, from suadere “to persuade”
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