| 单词 | dissuasive |
| 释义 | dissuasive (once / 85032 pages) adj WORD FAMILY dissuasive: dissuasively+/dissuade: dissuaded, dissuades, dissuading, dissuasion, dissuasive/dissuasion: dissuasions USAGE EXAMPLESRaising money was something that some candidates with the literary qualifications to do the job found entirely dissuasive. Los Angeles Times(May 27, 2016) Mr. Brisard noted that such patrols have, potentially, a much more dissuasive effect than the mere sight of armed soldiers in train stations. New York Times(Aug 23, 2015) Overall, the sanctions for breaching data protection laws are rare and not dissuasive, according to Thiébaut Devergranne, a French data protection consultant. Wall Street Journal(Jul 31, 2015) adj deterring from action dissuasive advice made a slight dissuasive gesture with her hand Syn|Ant discouraging depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warningserving to warn discouragingexpressing disapproval persuasive intended or having the power to induce action or belief convincingcausing one to believe the truth of something coaxing, ingratiatorypleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade cogent, telling, weightypowerfully persuasive compellingtending to persuade by forcefulness of argument glib, glib-tongued, smooth-tonguedartfully persuasive in speech |
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