| 单词 | dissuade |
| 释义 | dissuade (once / 1667 pages) v When you dissuade someone, you convince that person not to do something: “When Caroline saw Peter's broken leg, she tried to dissuade him from going on the ski trip.” Remember the meaning of dissuade by comparing it to its more common relative persuade. The suade part that both words share has origins in the Latin root suadēre, meaning “to urge.” In the case of persuade, the prefix per- means “thoroughly,” intensifying “to urge” and giving persuade its meaning of “to convince.” Think of dissuade as the opposite of persuade: the prefix dis- reverses the action of the root, giving the meaning of not urging, in other words, convincing someone NOT to do something. WORD FAMILYdissuade: dissuaded, dissuades, dissuading, dissuasion, dissuasive+/dissuasion: dissuasions/dissuasive: dissuasively USAGE EXAMPLESHe was sanguine about whether the Trump connection, past or present, may dissuade some viewers from tuning in after the bitterly divisive presidential election. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) My uncle tried to dissuade me from speaking Arabic at the airport long before this election. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) Many believe that Trump will be dissuaded from adopting any truly protectionist policies. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) v turn away from by persuasion Negative campaigning will only dissuade people Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper deter persuade cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm talk out of persuade someone not to do something advise, counsel, rede give advice to |
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