(完整版)persuade、convince、induce、prevail四个词的用法比较.pdf

persuade “劝说 ”、 “说服 ”、 “使人相信 ”。普通用词，指通过说理、辩论、恳 求、规劝，说服对方或使人相信。 1）Ibelieve she has some influence with the headmaster — shemightpersuade him. 我相信她的话在校长面前有一些分量，她有可能说服他。 2 ）Theywere eventually persuaded by the police to givethemselves up. 最终他们被警方劝服，同意投案自首。 3 ）Onlyby this means is it possible to persuadehim. 只有用这种方法才能劝得动他。 ●表示劝某人做某事或不做某事，常用结构： persuade sb. to do sth. persuade sb. not to do sth. 1）Wepersuaded him to give up his adventurescheme. 我们劝说他放弃他的冒险计划。 2 ）Nothingcan persuade her to change her mind once it ismade up. 一旦她下定决心就没有什么可以说服她改变注意。 3 ）I wasable at last to persuade my companion to take myadvice. 我最终说服我的伙伴接受了我的忠告。 4 ）We persuaded him not to carryout his adventure scheme. 我们劝说他不要执行他的冒险计划。 5 ）Wemust try to bring Mother more up to date with modern styles,and persuade her not to wear such old-fashionedclothes. 我们必须尽量让母亲赶上潮流 ,并说服她不要再穿这种老掉牙的衣服。 ●表示 “劝说 ”而不一定劝成功，常用 try topersuade 。 1）Mother tried persuaded her not to marry the manbut she didnt listen to her. 母亲说服她不要嫁给这个男子，可是她不听母亲的。 2 ）The insurance companytry to persuade them to cover themselvesagainst illness or death. 保险公司努力说服他们为自己生病或死亡投保。 3 ）Theytried to persuade him to join the club, but invain. 他们力图劝说他加入这个俱乐部，经果白费力气。 ●表示 “劝说 ”某人去做某事或不做某事，也可说 persuade sb. into doing sth. persuade so. out of doing sth. 1）After some hours of discussion we managedto persuade him into adopting a more conciliatoryattitude. 经过几小时的讨论，我们成功说服他采用比较温和的态度。 2 ）Howcan we persuade him into joining us? 怎麽才能说服他参加我们的活动呢 ? 3 ）Hecouldnt persuade me into accepting histerms. 他没能说服我接受他的条件。 4 ）Noneof us could persuade him out of his stupidplan. 我们谁也没有办法说服他放弃那愚蠢的计划 . 5 ）Myfriend persuaded me out of doing such a thing likethis. 我朋友劝我不要做这样的事 . ●表示 “使人相信 ”，常用结构： persuadesb. that …… persuadesb. of sth. 1）He worked hard topersuade me that he was genuinely interested inthe project.