| 单词 | convince |
| 释义 | Word family adjective convinced ≠ unconvinced convincing ≠ unconvincing verb convince adverb convincingly ≠ unconvincingly con·vince /kənˈvɪns/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL verb [transitive] 1 SUREto make someone feel certain that something is true 使确信；使信服 Her arguments didn’t convince everyone, but changes were made. 她的论点不能说服每个人，但还是引起了一些变化。convince somebody (that) Baker had to convince jurors that his client had been nowhere near the scene of the murder. 贝克必须使陪审员相信，他的当事人根本不在凶案现场。convince somebody of something The officials were eager to convince us of the safety of the nuclear reactors. 官员们急于说服我们，核反应堆是安全的。2 PERSUADEto persuade someone to do something 说服，劝服 SYN persuadeconvince somebody to do something I’ve been trying to convince Jean to come with me. 我一直在设法说服琼跟我一起去。► see thesaurus at persuade→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusconvince• But the result has convinced financial markets that the day of the euro is postponed.• Another passenger convinced her to leave the plane, which was quickly filling with a choking smoke.• I did not have to convince her.• I can't remember what he said to convince me, but I obeyed his request.• The discovery of a body finally convinced Mrs Hayes that her son was dead.• I had tried to convince my company's president that these ideas were viable.• I knew it would be hard to convince my father, because he wanted me to go to university.• How many more deaths will it take to convince the authorities of the need to test drugs more thoroughly?• In the end she convinced the jury of her innocence.• The government is trying to convince the public that it's getting tough on corruption.• Our new policy on tax reform will certainly help the economy. The only problem will be convincing the voters.convince somebody of something• He'll try to convince you of Mitchell's innocence.convince somebody to do something• Kevin convinced Lee Ann to go to the country club dance with him.Origin convince (1500-1600) Latin convincere “to prove untrue, convict, prove”, from com- ( → COM-) + vincere “to defeat”con·vince verbChineseSyllable feel certain someone make to that something Corpus is |
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