Persuasion
[pə'sweɪʒ(ə)n] or [pɚ'sweʒn]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action.
校對:伊薇特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination.
(n.) The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced.
(n.) A creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a certain creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion; all persuasions are agreed.
(n.) The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness.
(n.) That which persuades; a persuasive.
校對:威拉德
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Influence, inducement, incitement, suasion, bringing over.[2]. Conviction, creed, belief, doctrine, tenet, dogma, way of thinking.
格里菲思校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Conviction, inducement, creed, belief, opinion,[See CONVICTION]
手打:纳塔利
例句/造句/用法:
- Harriet could not long resist so delightful a persuasion. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I therefore pleaded another engagement; and observing that Mrs. Micawber's spirits were immediately lightened, I resisted all persuasion to forego it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He gave his consent with very little persuasion. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I feel a strong persuasion, this morning, that I shall soon be abroad. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- If not, we must try the young lady's persuasion; and that is what anybody but you would have done at first. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Dorothea quietly persisted in spite of remonstrance and persuasion. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Elizabeth was determined; nor did Sir William at all shake her purpose by his attempt at persuasion. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- She completely dispelled the persuasion that Asia was in some irrevocable way hopelessly behind Europe. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- This eventwhich seemed so untoward--which I thought had ruined at once my chance of successful persuasion--proved my best help. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Had he known how the case really stood, he would hardly have been induced by any persuasion to cross his former rival's threshold. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I suppose it's no use trying any persuasion, said the Rector. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I wish I had the gift of persuasion, and could incline you to speak willingly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Yorkshire people are as yielding to persuasion as they are stubborn against compulsion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- And drawing him a little aside, she whispered her persuasion that Lucy could not stay much longer. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- For time and persuasion and the love of pleasure may enchant a man into a change of purpose, and the force of grief and pain may compel him. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- It will cost me several cups of tea, some toast and cake, and an ample measure of remonstrances, expostulations, and persuasions. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The writer has his own very strong and definite persuasions, and the reader must bear that in mind. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I suppose we were all more or less curious; at any rate, when the old man added his persuasions to hers and said, Aye, aye! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- As speech developed, men would find they had experiences and persuasions that gave them or seemed to give them power. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But as such were Fanny's persuasions, she suffered very much from them, and could never speak of Miss Crawford without pain. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- By dint of a few more gentle assurances and persuasions, Miss Helstone contrived to soothe the agitated lady. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- His conferences with his confessor I might guess; the part duty and religion were made to play in the persuasions used, I might conjecture. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Under certain persuasions, from certain quarters, je vous vois d'icisaid he, eagerly subscribing to the sacrifice, passionately arming for the effort. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- You have widely mistaken my character, if you think I can be worked on by such persuasions as these. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
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