| 单词 | convince |
| 释义 | convinceWord family (adjective) convinced ≠ unconvinced convincing ≠ unconvincing (verb) convince (adverb) convincingly ≠ unconvincingly From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishconvincecon‧vince /kənˈvɪns/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL verb [transitive]1 SUREto make someone feel certain that something is trueHer arguments didn’t convince everyone, but changes were made.convince somebody (that)Baker had to convince jurors that his client had been nowhere near the scene of the murder.convince somebody of somethingThe officials were eager to convince us of the safety of the nuclear reactors.2 PERSUADEto persuade someone to do something SYN persuadeconvince somebody to do somethingI’ve been trying to convince Jean to come with me.► see thesaurus at persuade → See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusconvince• But the result has convinced financial markets that the day of the euro is postponed.• I did not have to convince her.• I can't remember what he said to convince me, but I obeyed his request.• The discovery of a body finally convinced Mrs Hayes that her son was dead.• I had tried to convince my company's president that these ideas were viable.• I knew it would be hard to convince my father, because he wanted me to go to university.• How many more deaths will it take to convince the authorities of the need to test drugs more thoroughly?• In the end she convinced the jury of her innocence.• The government is trying to convince the public that it's getting tough on corruption.• Our new policy on tax reform will certainly help the economy. The only problem will be convincing the voters.convince somebody of something• He'll try to convince you of Mitchell's innocence.convince somebody to do something• Kevin convinced Lee Ann to go to the country club dance with him.Origin convince (1500-1600) Latin convincere “to prove untrue, convict, prove”, from com- ( → COM-) + vincere “to defeat” |
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