新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

persuasion

英  [pəˈsweɪʒən]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • persuasions

    1[U 不可数名词] 说服

    Persuasion is the act of persuading someone to do something or to believe that something is true.

    近义词

    influence

    双语例句

    例:

    Only after much persuasion from Ellis had she agreed to hold a show at all.

    直到埃利斯劝了半天之后她才同意举办一次展览。

    例:

    Mr Gorbachev needed more persuasion to abandon Soviet plans.

    戈尔巴乔夫先生需要更多人来劝他放弃苏维埃计划。

    例:

    She was using all her powers of persuasion to induce the Griffins to remain in Rollway.

    她使出浑身解数劝格里芬一家留在洛尔维。

    2[C 可数名词] 信仰 , 信念

    If you are of a particular persuasion, you have a particular belief or set of beliefs.

    双语例句

    例:

    It is a national movement and has within it people of all political persuasions.

    这是一项全国性的运动,参加者的政治信仰各不相同。