per·sua·sion
noun/pəˈsweɪʒn/
/pərˈsweɪʒn/
Idioms - [uncountable] the act of persuading somebody to do something or to believe something
说服；劝说 - It didn't take much persuasion to get her to tell us where he was.
我们没费什么口舌就让她说出了他的下落。 - After a little gentle persuasion, he agreed to come.
耐心劝说一下，他同意来了。 - She has great powers of persuasion.
她的游说能力极强。 - I wasn’t intending to sell, but I’m open to persuasion.
我本来不想卖，但我愿意接受说服。
Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementc1- He will use every means of persuasion to make her stay.
他将使用一切手段说服她留下。 - I had to use a little gentle persuasion to get her to agree.
我不得不温和地劝了她一会儿她才同意。 - I think with a little persuasion we can get her to come here.
我认为，我们只要稍微劝劝她，就能说动她来这里。 - I used all of my powers of persuasion to get Jay to come back.
我使出所有本事劝杰伊回来。 - She didn't need much persuasion.
她不需要太多的劝说。 - She is uncertain of what she wants and is open to persuasion.
她拿不准自己想要什么，愿意听听别人的说法。 - She is very charming, and skilled in the art of persuasion.
她很有魅力，而且很懂得如何说服别人。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- gentle
- a little
- use
- need
- take
- …
- the art of persuasion
- a means of persuasion
- somebody’s powers of persuasion
- …
- It didn't take much persuasion to get her to tell us where he was.
- [countable, uncountable] a particular set of beliefs, especially about religion or politics
（宗教或政治）信仰 - Politicians of all persuasions condemned the attacks.
各种派系的政治家都谴责了这次袭击。 - every shade of religious persuasion
形形色色的宗教信仰
Extra Examples- Older people, of whatever political persuasion, tended to disagree with the statement.
老年人，无论持何种政治立场，往往不同意这一说法。 - He was not brought up in any particular religious persuasion.
他没有受到任何特定宗教信仰的熏陶。 - Although I am not of your persuasion, I applaud what you are saying.
虽然我不同意你的观点，但我很赞同你的说法。 - young people of every persuasion
持各种信仰的年轻人 - discrimination on the grounds of a person's sexual persuasion
基于性取向的歧视 - The meeting is open to people of all political persuasions.
持任何政治信仰的人都可以参加这个会议。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- political
- religious
- sexual
- …
- of all, different, varying, etc. persuasions
- of… persuasion
- of every persuasion
- …
- Politicians of all persuasions condemned the attacks.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin persuasio(n-), from the verb persuadere, from per- ‘through, to completion’ + suadere ‘advise’.
Idioms
of the… persuasion
- (formal or humorous) of the type mentioned
说服；劝说 - peers of the Liberal persuasion
自由党贵族
- peers of the Liberal persuasion