dis·suade
verb/dɪˈsweɪd/
/dɪˈsweɪd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dissuade | /dɪˈsweɪd/ /dɪˈsweɪd/ |
| he / she / it dissuades | /dɪˈsweɪdz/ /dɪˈsweɪdz/ |
| past simple dissuaded | /dɪˈsweɪdɪd/ /dɪˈsweɪdɪd/ |
| past participle dissuaded | /dɪˈsweɪdɪd/ /dɪˈsweɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form dissuading | /dɪˈsweɪdɪŋ/ /dɪˈsweɪdɪŋ/ |
- dissuade somebody (from something/from doing something) to persuade somebody not to do something
劝（某人）勿做（某事）；劝阻 - I tried to dissuade him from giving up his job.
我劝过他不要放弃自己的工作。 - They were going to set off in the fog, but were dissuaded.
他们原打算在雾中出发，但被劝阻了。 - She made no attempt to dissuade him.
她没有试图劝阻他。
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘advise against’): from Latin dissuadere, from dis- (expressing reversal) + suadere ‘advise, persuade’. - I tried to dissuade him from giving up his job.