单词 | persuasion |
释义 | persuasion (pəʳsweɪʒən ) Word forms: persuasions 1. uncountable noun Persuasion is the act of persuading someone to do something or to believe that something is true. Only after much persuasion from Ellis had she agreed to hold a show at all. She was using all her powers of persuasion to induce the Griffins to remain in Rollway. Synonyms: urging, influencing, conversion, inducement 2. countable noun If you are of a particular persuasion, you have a particular belief or set of beliefs. [formal] It is a national movement and has within it people of all political persuasions. Quotations: By persuading others, we convince ourselvesPublic Advertiser Collocations: art of persuasion If the change agent succeeds, the art of persuasion will probably have something to do with it. Christianity Today The steel billionaire certainly appears to be skilled in the art of persuasion. Times, Sunday Times Is the art of persuasion constantly evolving along with the culture or not? Christianity Today But mastering the art of persuasion could take all of your soft skills and more. Times, Sunday Times Appropriately enough for a film so enlivened by the art of persuasion, it rested on two vital acts of cajolery from its director. Times, Sunday Times Yet regardless of your political persuasion, that democracy can seemingly be so easily undermined should provide food for thought. Times,Sunday Times Almost no one, of any political persuasion, liked the news. Times, Sunday Times School leavers all over the country, regardless of class, education or political persuasion, would unite behind a common cause. Times, Sunday Times After his masterclass in political persuasion, many pundits were predicting another first: the first time an incumbent president would owe his re-election to a predecessor. Times, Sunday Times Any theatregoer, regardless of their political persuasion, should object to such a sloppy, selfregarding bit of propaganda masquerading as art. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 说服 Japanese: 説得 |
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