| 词汇 | convince |
| 释义 | convince verb[ T ] uk /kənˈvɪns/ us /kənˈvɪns/ B1 to persuade someone or make someone certain: 说服;使相信;使信服 convince someone of somethingHe managed to convince the jury of his innocence.他使陪审团相信他是无辜的。 [ + (that) ]It's useless trying to convince her (that) she doesn't need to lose any weight.要让她相信她无需减肥是徒劳的。 [ + to infinitive ]I hope this will convince you to change your mind.我希望这会说服你改变主意。 to persuade someone to do something persuadeIf she doesn't want to do it, nothing you say will persuade her. convinceThe lawyer convinced the jury of the man's innocence. talk someone intoShe managed to talk me into going along. talk someone out ofI think I've talked him out of leaving the country. dissuadeI tried to dissuade her from leaving. cajoleHe really knows how to cajole people into doing what he wants. Agricultural companies have failed to convince consumers that GM foods are safe.农产品公司尚不能使消费者相信转基因食品是安全的。 His doctor tried to convince him that he wasn't really ill and that it was all in the mind. Autosuggestion is the power of mind over matter - if you convince yourself that you are cured, you will be.自我暗示是一种超物质的精神力量——如果你觉得自己痊愈了，你的病就好了。 It took a lot of persuasion to convince the committee of the advantages of the new scheme. Sometimes my imagination runs away with me and I convince myself that they are having an affair.有时候我会禁不住胡思乱想，认为他们有暧昧关系。 Reassuring assure someone of something be/take a weight off your mindidiom calm (someone) down consolation console consoling consolingly heartening lift lighten mind reassurance reassure reassuring set/put someone's mind at rest/easeidiom settle down tabling they should worry!idiom weight you do you idiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Proving and disproving convince | American Dictionaryconvince verb[ T ] us/kənˈvɪns/ to cause someone to believe something or to do something: We tried to convince my grandfather to live with us. [ + (that) clause ]I’m convinced (that) she’s lying. Examples of convinceconvince Currently this is more a belief than a concept with convincing scientific support. Furthermore, the outlook on possible practical applications of a pattern grammar to foreign language teaching is both convincing and promising (chapter 9). The creoles described above provided one important tool that made statistics comprehensible and convincing so that people could more easily imagine themselves as potential victims. Incidents such as this convinced the administrators that they no longer controlled the mills. There is much here that is useful, and it is hard not to be convinced by the central message. Not everyone was convinced that the committee's proposals would improve the quality and training of music teachers. But the mileage covered is so great and the argument so wayward, that the essay fails to convince. If it does not always convince, it should at least stimulate debate and fresh thinking about the religious attributes of monarchy. I do not expect that these brief considerations will convince any of my philosophical opponents, of course; and they aren't meant to. The humour originates from the fact that you will often be convinced that you know, or have been taught by, the precise teacher being described. These and other sensory experiences related to his wife had convinced him that 'we're going somewhere' after death. The visitors did not look particularly happy but appeared convinced by these words of reason. From the questions propounded by visitors one is convinced that too little is known of this branch of government service. The seller wants to convince the buyer that her product is high quality in order to increase demand. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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