persuasion
/pəˈsweɪʒən/noun
1
- mass noun the action or process of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something说服, 劝服; 被说服; 被说服相信：
Monica needed plenty of persuasion before she actually left.
莫尼卡需要好好劝说之后才真正离开。
1.1
- count noun a means of persuading someone to do or believe something; an argument or inducement说服的手段; 说理; 劝诱：
he gave way to the persuasions of his half-brother.
他被同父异母兄弟说服了。
2
- a belief or set of beliefs, especially religious or political ones（尤指宗教或政治）信念; 信仰：
writers of all political persuasions.
具有各种政治信仰的作家。
2.1
- a group or sect holding a particular religious belief教派：
the village had two chapels for those of the Primitive Methodist persuasion.
那个村庄有两个始初循道会的小教堂。
2.2
- humorous any group or type of person or thing linked by a specified characteristic, quality, or attribute〈幽默〉种类; 类别：
an ancient gas oven of the enamel persuasion.
一个古老的搪瓷煤气灶。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin persuasio（n-）, from the verb persuadere （see PERSUADE）.