persuasive

Word family

PERSUADEable to make other people believe something or do what you ask 有说服力的 → convincing

Trevor can be very persuasive.

特雷弗有时很会说服人。

persuasive argument/evidence

a persuasive argument against capital punishment

反对死刑的有力论据

—persuasively adverbadv

—persuasiveness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

persuasive• Diane can be very persuasive.• Their advertising was persuasive and their prices attractive, on the surface, so I fell for it like so many others.• A persuasive argument that democracy can and should be based on active and extensive participation by the citizenry.• persuasive arguments.• Barratt's argument was persuasive, but the managers still turned down his proposal.• He made a persuasive case for making the changes.• We found no persuasive evidence of illegal activity.• Abandon wait for taxi, hoist bags over shoulder and trudge to site where minivans transport officials and persuasive hangers-on to tournament.• But investigators found the supporting accounts by Kennedy's friends and colleagues to be specific and persuasive, Pentagon officials said.• Consider how easy it is to be misled by the persuasive power of apparent proof.• So persuasive she could consider diverting into management consultancy.• He is a very persuasive speaker.• In fact, the sound is so wonderfully persuasive that it supersedes the logic of the lyrics.• Like most politicians, she can be very persuasive when she wants to be.

persuasive argument/evidence• But the core of Labour's complaint is that the press influenced its readers by lies and distortions rather than by persuasive argument.• The growing burden of paperwork is persuasive evidence of bureaucratic indifference to the economic consequences of red. tape.• We find that a persuasive argument, should we need any further persuasion beyond the plain wording of the Act.• A persuasive argument that democracy can and should be based on active and extensive participation by the citizenry.• He took me to such a vastly expensive restaurant and gave such a persuasive argument that I was fairly undone.• There is a persuasive argument that it was not.• But Haig had persuasive arguments to support his inflexible resolve.• The preservationists, pinning their faith to moral superiority and persuasive argument, were beaten back every time.

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TOEFL BNC: 8449 COCA: 8672

persuasive

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB

VERBS

➤be, prove, seem, sound有說服力；證明有說服力；似乎有說服力；聽起來有說服力

◇Her arguments proved persuasive to the court judges.對庭審法官而言，她的論點被證明很有說服力。

➤find sth發覺⋯令人信服

➤make sth使⋯令人信服

◇What makes his case so persuasive?是什麼使他的案子如此有說服力？

ADVERB

➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常有說服力

▸➤highly極具說服力

◇His analysis is in many ways highly persuasive.他的分析在許多方面都很有說服力。

➤enough, sufficiently有充分說服力

◇The evidence was not really persuasive enough.證據並不是太有說服力。

➤not entirely沒有完全令人信服

◇His arguments strike me as not entirely persuasive.他的論點並沒有讓我覺得很有說服力。

TOEFL BNC: 8449 COCA: 8672

persuasive adj.
⇨ convincing

TOEFL BNC: 8449 COCA: 8672

persuasive