Definition of dissuade in English:

dissuade

verb dɪˈsweɪddəˈsweɪd

[with object]

Persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action.
his friends tried to dissuade him from flying
Example sentencesExamples
- Her family feared for her life and tried dissuading her from contesting the elections.
- The MP said the government's policy of creating large dental centres away from most people's homes is dissuading potential patients from registering.
- The officials, some speaking on condition of anonymity, said inspection leaders believe Iraq may be dissuading scientists from agreeing to confidential interviews despite its public promise to the contrary last Monday.
- She had warned the demon, dissuaded him till the very end when it had become so painfully clear that it had been all going wrong.
- The pictures on their packaging are actually dissuading me from buying a product.
- These fears may no longer be dissuading students from going abroad, as more juniors than usual will be studying abroad spring semester.
- If nothing else, aren't we dissuading other scientists from coming forward?
- When she had made up her mind on something it was quite hard to dissuade her from the course she had chosen.
- They say family planning services are often targeted at women, dissuading men from taking an interest in contraception and sexual health.
- Price, maintenance costs and traffic are the principal factors dissuading people from buying a car.
- I had, of course, tried to dissuade him, if only for his own safety, but he would have none of it.
- There are, of course, some writers who would dissuade us from imagining any radical change in this area at all.
- Instead of dissuading him from further crime, the fact of having been labelled a criminal may be sufficient to make him what, if we believe his protestations of innocence, he was not.
- The orator persuades or dissuades someone, to argue for or against adopting a proposed opinion or course of action; the auditors play the role of critics.
- We wanted to keep her close to us so we dissuaded her from taking up that course.
- Ferry said that traditional attitudes towards women's roles in the family had an intangible effect, dissuading women from scientific work.
- The less frequent services combined with the theory of ‘key interchange points’ will make personal journey times much longer and journeys more inconvenient, thus further dissuading people from using buses.
- But more importantly we are also dissuading adults from giving them guns or war toys,’ Mutota said.
- Reducing the number of unplanned pregnancies and unwanted births requires far more than attempts at dissuading poor people from having sex.
- Jones claims it is dissuading people and families from England from even considering moving to Scotland.
Synonyms
discourage, deter, prevent, disincline, turn aside, divert, sidetrack
talk out of, persuade against, persuade not to, argue out of, put off, stop, scare off, warn off
advise against, urge against, advise/urge not to, caution against, expostulate against
rare dehort

Derivatives

dissuader

noun

In 40 percent of the cases, the dissuader was a parent, but teachers and employers accounted for 20 percent of the dissuaders.
Example sentencesExamples
- That didn't seem like much of a dissuader, so when I saw the album cover in the new releases I was intrigued.
- The entrance is in both cases delimited by a dissuader formed by an elongated bar of a semi-circular shape.

dissuasion

noun dɪˈsweɪʒ(ə)ndəˈsweɪʒ(ə)n

mass noun

The action or process of trying to persuade someone not to take a particular course of action.
no amount of dissuasion from his coach will convince him that he should wait
Example sentencesExamples
- most simply, deterrence is dissuasion by means of threat
- Most simply, deterrence is dissuasion by means of threat.
- If deterrence and dissuasion are failing, and conflict with a nuclear-armed enemy seems imminent, two concerns will become paramount.
- Strategic deterrence is based on dissuasion, pressure, and enforcement.

dissuasive

adjective dɪˈsweɪzɪvdɪˈsweɪsɪvdəˈsweɪsɪv

Effective in persuading someone not to take a particular course of action.
dissuasive penalties for non-compliance
Example sentencesExamples
- the prospect of economic loss does have a dissuasive effect
- Monuc does not intervene as a dissuasive force.
- He called for far higher fines for breaches of equality legislation, arguing existing penalties were not severe enough to be dissuasive.
- Such a consequence would not represent real and effective judicial protection and would have no really dissuasive effect on the employer, as required by the Directive.

Origin

Late 15th century (in the sense 'advise against'): from Latin dissuadere, from dis- (expressing reversal) + suadere 'advise, persuade'.

Rhymes

abrade, afraid, aid, aide, ambuscade, arcade, balustrade, barricade, Belgrade, blade, blockade, braid, brigade, brocade, cannonade, carronade, cascade, cavalcade, cockade, colonnade, crusade, downgrade, enfilade, esplanade, evade, fade, fusillade, glade, grade, grenade, grillade, handmade, harlequinade, homemade, invade, jade, lade, laid, lemonade, limeade, made, maid, man-made, marinade, masquerade, newlaid, orangeade, paid, palisade, parade, pasquinade, persuade, pervade, raid, serenade, shade, Sinéad, staid, stockade, stock-in-trade, suede, tailor-made, they'd, tirade, trade, Ubaid, underpaid, undismayed, unplayed, unsprayed, unswayed, upbraid, upgrade, wade

Definition of dissuade in US English:

dissuade

verbdəˈsweɪddəˈswād

[with object]

Persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action.
his friends tried to dissuade him from flying
Example sentencesExamples
- The less frequent services combined with the theory of ‘key interchange points’ will make personal journey times much longer and journeys more inconvenient, thus further dissuading people from using buses.
- I had, of course, tried to dissuade him, if only for his own safety, but he would have none of it.
- Jones claims it is dissuading people and families from England from even considering moving to Scotland.
- There are, of course, some writers who would dissuade us from imagining any radical change in this area at all.
- But more importantly we are also dissuading adults from giving them guns or war toys,’ Mutota said.
- The pictures on their packaging are actually dissuading me from buying a product.
- Instead of dissuading him from further crime, the fact of having been labelled a criminal may be sufficient to make him what, if we believe his protestations of innocence, he was not.
- The MP said the government's policy of creating large dental centres away from most people's homes is dissuading potential patients from registering.
- The orator persuades or dissuades someone, to argue for or against adopting a proposed opinion or course of action; the auditors play the role of critics.
- When she had made up her mind on something it was quite hard to dissuade her from the course she had chosen.
- Her family feared for her life and tried dissuading her from contesting the elections.
- They say family planning services are often targeted at women, dissuading men from taking an interest in contraception and sexual health.
- Price, maintenance costs and traffic are the principal factors dissuading people from buying a car.
- The officials, some speaking on condition of anonymity, said inspection leaders believe Iraq may be dissuading scientists from agreeing to confidential interviews despite its public promise to the contrary last Monday.
- These fears may no longer be dissuading students from going abroad, as more juniors than usual will be studying abroad spring semester.
- She had warned the demon, dissuaded him till the very end when it had become so painfully clear that it had been all going wrong.
- If nothing else, aren't we dissuading other scientists from coming forward?
- Ferry said that traditional attitudes towards women's roles in the family had an intangible effect, dissuading women from scientific work.
- We wanted to keep her close to us so we dissuaded her from taking up that course.
- Reducing the number of unplanned pregnancies and unwanted births requires far more than attempts at dissuading poor people from having sex.
Synonyms
discourage, deter, prevent, disincline, turn aside, divert, sidetrack

Origin

Late 15th century (in the sense ‘advise against’): from Latin dissuadere, from dis- (expressing reversal) + suadere ‘advise, persuade’.

单词	dissuade
释义	Definition of dissuade in English: dissuade verb dɪˈsweɪddəˈsweɪd [with object] Persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action. his friends tried to dissuade him from flying Example sentencesExamples Her family feared for her life and tried dissuading her from contesting the elections. The MP said the government's policy of creating large dental centres away from most people's homes is dissuading potential patients from registering. The officials, some speaking on condition of anonymity, said inspection leaders believe Iraq may be dissuading scientists from agreeing to confidential interviews despite its public promise to the contrary last Monday. She had warned the demon, dissuaded him till the very end when it had become so painfully clear that it had been all going wrong. The pictures on their packaging are actually dissuading me from buying a product. These fears may no longer be dissuading students from going abroad, as more juniors than usual will be studying abroad spring semester. If nothing else, aren't we dissuading other scientists from coming forward? When she had made up her mind on something it was quite hard to dissuade her from the course she had chosen. They say family planning services are often targeted at women, dissuading men from taking an interest in contraception and sexual health. Price, maintenance costs and traffic are the principal factors dissuading people from buying a car. I had, of course, tried to dissuade him, if only for his own safety, but he would have none of it. There are, of course, some writers who would dissuade us from imagining any radical change in this area at all. Instead of dissuading him from further crime, the fact of having been labelled a criminal may be sufficient to make him what, if we believe his protestations of innocence, he was not. The orator persuades or dissuades someone, to argue for or against adopting a proposed opinion or course of action; the auditors play the role of critics. We wanted to keep her close to us so we dissuaded her from taking up that course. Ferry said that traditional attitudes towards women's roles in the family had an intangible effect, dissuading women from scientific work. The less frequent services combined with the theory of ‘key interchange points’ will make personal journey times much longer and journeys more inconvenient, thus further dissuading people from using buses. But more importantly we are also dissuading adults from giving them guns or war toys,’ Mutota said. Reducing the number of unplanned pregnancies and unwanted births requires far more than attempts at dissuading poor people from having sex. Jones claims it is dissuading people and families from England from even considering moving to Scotland. Synonyms discourage, deter, prevent, disincline, turn aside, divert, sidetrack talk out of, persuade against, persuade not to, argue out of, put off, stop, scare off, warn off advise against, urge against, advise/urge not to, caution against, expostulate against rare dehort Derivatives dissuader noun In 40 percent of the cases, the dissuader was a parent, but teachers and employers accounted for 20 percent of the dissuaders. Example sentencesExamples That didn't seem like much of a dissuader, so when I saw the album cover in the new releases I was intrigued. The entrance is in both cases delimited by a dissuader formed by an elongated bar of a semi-circular shape. dissuasion noun dɪˈsweɪʒ(ə)ndəˈsweɪʒ(ə)n mass noun The action or process of trying to persuade someone not to take a particular course of action. no amount of dissuasion from his coach will convince him that he should wait Example sentencesExamples most simply, deterrence is dissuasion by means of threat Most simply, deterrence is dissuasion by means of threat. If deterrence and dissuasion are failing, and conflict with a nuclear-armed enemy seems imminent, two concerns will become paramount. Strategic deterrence is based on dissuasion, pressure, and enforcement. dissuasive adjective dɪˈsweɪzɪvdɪˈsweɪsɪvdəˈsweɪsɪv Effective in persuading someone not to take a particular course of action. dissuasive penalties for non-compliance Example sentencesExamples the prospect of economic loss does have a dissuasive effect Monuc does not intervene as a dissuasive force. He called for far higher fines for breaches of equality legislation, arguing existing penalties were not severe enough to be dissuasive. Such a consequence would not represent real and effective judicial protection and would have no really dissuasive effect on the employer, as required by the Directive. Origin Late 15th century (in the sense 'advise against'): from Latin dissuadere, from dis- (expressing reversal) + suadere 'advise, persuade'. Rhymes abrade, afraid, aid, aide, ambuscade, arcade, balustrade, barricade, Belgrade, blade, blockade, braid, brigade, brocade, cannonade, carronade, cascade, cavalcade, cockade, colonnade, crusade, downgrade, enfilade, esplanade, evade, fade, fusillade, glade, grade, grenade, grillade, handmade, harlequinade, homemade, invade, jade, lade, laid, lemonade, limeade, made, maid, man-made, marinade, masquerade, newlaid, orangeade, paid, palisade, parade, pasquinade, persuade, pervade, raid, serenade, shade, Sinéad, staid, stockade, stock-in-trade, suede, tailor-made, they'd, tirade, trade, Ubaid, underpaid, undismayed, unplayed, unsprayed, unswayed, upbraid, upgrade, wade Definition of dissuade in US English: dissuade verbdəˈsweɪddəˈswād [with object] Persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action. his friends tried to dissuade him from flying Example sentencesExamples The less frequent services combined with the theory of ‘key interchange points’ will make personal journey times much longer and journeys more inconvenient, thus further dissuading people from using buses. I had, of course, tried to dissuade him, if only for his own safety, but he would have none of it. Jones claims it is dissuading people and families from England from even considering moving to Scotland. There are, of course, some writers who would dissuade us from imagining any radical change in this area at all. But more importantly we are also dissuading adults from giving them guns or war toys,’ Mutota said. The pictures on their packaging are actually dissuading me from buying a product. Instead of dissuading him from further crime, the fact of having been labelled a criminal may be sufficient to make him what, if we believe his protestations of innocence, he was not. The MP said the government's policy of creating large dental centres away from most people's homes is dissuading potential patients from registering. The orator persuades or dissuades someone, to argue for or against adopting a proposed opinion or course of action; the auditors play the role of critics. When she had made up her mind on something it was quite hard to dissuade her from the course she had chosen. Her family feared for her life and tried dissuading her from contesting the elections. They say family planning services are often targeted at women, dissuading men from taking an interest in contraception and sexual health. Price, maintenance costs and traffic are the principal factors dissuading people from buying a car. The officials, some speaking on condition of anonymity, said inspection leaders believe Iraq may be dissuading scientists from agreeing to confidential interviews despite its public promise to the contrary last Monday. These fears may no longer be dissuading students from going abroad, as more juniors than usual will be studying abroad spring semester. She had warned the demon, dissuaded him till the very end when it had become so painfully clear that it had been all going wrong. If nothing else, aren't we dissuading other scientists from coming forward? Ferry said that traditional attitudes towards women's roles in the family had an intangible effect, dissuading women from scientific work. We wanted to keep her close to us so we dissuaded her from taking up that course. Reducing the number of unplanned pregnancies and unwanted births requires far more than attempts at dissuading poor people from having sex. Synonyms discourage, deter, prevent, disincline, turn aside, divert, sidetrack Origin Late 15th century (in the sense ‘advise against’): from Latin dissuadere, from dis- (expressing reversal) + suadere ‘advise, persuade’.
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