1PERSUADE[uncountableU] the act of persuading someone to do something 说服,劝服
After a little gentle persuasion, Debbie agreed to let us in.
好言劝说了几句后,黛比就同意让我们进去了。
It had taken a great deal of persuasion to get him to accept.
费尽了口舌才让他接受。
She used all her powers of persuasion (=skill at persuading people) to convince Tilly that it was the right thing to do.
她使尽浑身解数,才劝服蒂莉应该那么做。
2[countableC] formalBELIEVE a particular type of belief, especially a political or religious one 〔尤指政治或宗教的〕信仰,信念
political/religious persuasion
We need people with talent, whatever their political persuasions.
我们需要有才华的人,无论他们的政治信仰如何。
politicians of all persuasions
信仰各异的政治家
3of the ... persuasionformalTYPE of a particular type – often used humorously…种类的,…派别的〔常为幽默用法〕
an ancient bed of the iron persuasion
古旧的铁床
Examples from the Corpus
of the ... persuasion• A couplesummers ago, there was a really good team consisting of players who were all of the Caucasian persuasion.• I mean, not just a Euro-Communist or of the pinkish persuasion.• For example, those who like expenditure on libraries and the arts can reside with others of the same persuasion.• That in turn would have necessitated the appointment of enough peersof the Liberal persuasion to acquiesce in abolition.• For example, one of the techniquesof persuasionavailable to late Anglo-Saxon kings was that of harrying. 1041 saw a pretty example.• What price a higher handicap for those of us of the bow-legged persuasion.
gentle persuasion• We believe it will take more than just gentle persuasion to bring an end to over-specification and waste.• The first victim was packagingbuyer, , who agreed, after a little gentle persuasion, to be covered with foam.• Into Water I believe that to conquerfear of water, gentle persuasion is the best tack.