Tra từ persuade - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

see also ADVERTISEMENT, ADVISE/SUGGEST, ENCOURAGE
- to make sb do sth by talking to them and giving them good reasons: persuade sb (to do sth), (informal) get* sb to do sth; noun (U): persuasion
Did you manage to persuade them to stay? ◎ We got them to leave after a lot of persuasion.
- to succeed in making sb believe sth: convince sb (of sth/that ※¦)
The policeman convinced us that it would be dangerous to drive any further.
- if sth succeds in persuading you, it is convincing (adverb convincingly), persuasive (adverb persuasively), you are convinced
a convincing argument ◎ a persuasive speech ◎ She argued her case very persuasively. ◎ I'm now quite convinced that I should stay in my job.
- to persuade sb to do sth that they do not want to do: talk sb into sth/doing sth, push sb into sth/doing sth
They talked us into joining them on their holiday. ◎ My parents tried to push me into studying medicine.
- to persuade sb to do sth wrong: (informal) put* sb up to sth
He's never stolen anything before - he must have been put up to it by his friends.
- to try very strongly to persuade sb to do sth: urge sb (to do sth)
She urged us to go before it was too late.
- to try to persuade sb, for example not to do sth stupid: reason with sb
The police are trying to reason with the hijackers.
- to persuade sb gently: coax sb (into sth/doing sth); noun (U): coaxing
We had a tough time coaxing him into taking the medicine. ◎ She finally agreed to come to the party, after a lot of coaxing.
- to try to persuade sb to do sth (especially sth which they should not do) by offering them sth in return: tempt sb (to do sth), tempt sb into sth/doing sth; noun (C/U): temptation
They tried to tempt me to stay. ◎ Advertisements are designed to tempt people into spending more money than they need to. ◎ The offer of a company car was a big temptation. ◎ We managed to resist the temptation to go.
- something which tempts you to do sth is tempting
a tempting offer
- an amount of money or some other gift which you give sb in order to persuade them to do sth for you: bribe
to offer/accept/reject a bribe
- to persuade sb to do sth for you by giving them a bribe: bribe sb (to do sth)
We tried to bribe the guard with a bottle of whisky.
- the crime of giving bribes: bribery (noun U)
※ persuading SB not to do STH
- to persuade sb not to do sth: dissuade sb (from sth/doing sth), talk sb out of sth/doing sth
I tried to dissuade them from selling their house. ◎ Did you manage to talk them out of coming with us?
- to try to persuade sb not to do sth: discourage sb (from sth/doing sth), discourage sth; noun (U): discouragement
Parents should discourage their children from smoking. ◎ Smoking should be discouraged.
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- to be able to persuade sb to do anything you want them to do: (informal) twist sb round your little finger
She knows how to twist her parents round her little finger.
- information, often untrue, which is made public by a government or large organization in order to persuade people to believe sth: propaganda (noun U)