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If a person, a reason, or a piece of writing is persuasive, it is able to make other people believe something, or do what you ask.
If a person, a reason, or a piece of writing如果一個人、一個理由,或一段文字 is persuasive是有說服力的 it is able to就能夠 make other people believe something讓別人相信某件事 or do what you ask或做你要求的事。
A persuasive argument gives reasons that actually move you. A persuasive person does not have to shout; they make you want to agree.
A persuasive argument有說服力的論點 gives提出 that actually move you真的能打動你的 reasons理由;A persuasive person有說服力的人 does not have to shout不需要大吼大叫 they make you就能讓你 want to agree想要同意。
You will meet this word a lot at school (a persuasive essay), in selling, and in everyday talk about people. It can describe a speech, a smile, a price, or a whole person.
at school (a persuasive essay)在學校(說服文)、 in selling在銷售裡、 and in everyday talk about people還有日常聊到人的時候, You will meet this word a lot你會常常遇到這個字。It can describe這個字可以形容 a speech一場演講、 a smile一個微笑、 a price一個價格、 or a whole person或整個人。
Though actually, being persuasive is not the same as being right: a story can be persuasive and still not be true.
Though actually不過其實 being persuasive有說服力 is not the same as不等於 being right是對的: a story一個故事 can be persuasive可以很有說服力 and still not be true但還是不是真的。
It is almost always an adjective in modern English, natural in both speech and writing.
in modern English在現代英文裡 It is almost always這個字幾乎都是 an adjective形容詞,natural in both speech and writing說和寫都很自然。
組成From French persuasif and Latin persuāsīvus, from the stem of persuādēre (to persuade, to win someone over) + -īvus (having that quality).
同家族的字
- persuadethe verb this adjective belongs to
- persuasionthe noun for the act, or for a belief people hold
- dissuadethe other direction: talk someone out of something, same Latin suadēre
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
persuasiveadj/pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/
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Able to persuade; convincing.
- But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.
persuasivenoun/pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/
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That which persuades; incitement.
- He smiled a very knowing smile, and setting up a halloo, and shaking his leathern thong, away we went at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour. I had no occasion to go further with my persuasives; the pace was kept up, […]
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。