16. When you are writing to persuade the reader,… 当你在写文章说服读者,… (p.8 Tips 第1行) persuade: (1) vt. 说服 He persuaded her to go to school,even though she did not want to. 即使她不想去上学,他还是说服她去。(2) vt. 使相信(常与of,that连用) I am almost persuaded of his honesty. 我几乎相信他是诚实的。(3) vi. 被说服The boy persuades easily. 这孩子听劝。 辨析:persuade,convince 与 advise persuade和convince意思均为“说服”;前者着重情感上的“敦促,劝告”,后者着重理智上的“辩论、证明”,两者结构相同,即:persuade (或convince) sb. that... ; persuade (或convince sb. of sth. ) 而advise只表“劝说”,而不强调其结果如何。He advised her to go, but she didn't. = He tried to persuade her to go, but she didn’t. 他建议她去,可她没去。Finally they were persuaded to give up their foolish plans. 最后总算说服了他们放弃了他们愚蠢的计划。 拓展:persuade sb. to do sth. = persuade sb. into doing sth. 说服某人做某事; try/want to persuade sb. to do sth. 试图说服某人做某事; advise sb. to do sth. 劝说某人做某事 语法专题 Section IV 语法 构词法 (责任编辑:admin) |