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- dissuade somebody (from something/from doing something)
to persuade somebody not to do something 劝（某人）勿做（某事）；劝阻 I tried to dissuade him from giving up his job. 我劝过他不要放弃自己的工作。 🔊🔊 They were going to set off in the fog, but were dissuaded. 他们原打算在雾中出发，但被劝阻了。 🔊🔊 She made no attempt to dissuade him. 她没有试图劝阻他。
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘advise against’): from Latin dissuadere, from dis- (expressing reversal) + suadere ‘advise, persuade’.