persuasive

adjective
🔊/pəˈsweɪsɪv/
🔊/pərˈsweɪsɪv/
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  1. able to persuade somebody to do or believe something有说服力的;令人信服的
    • There are several persuasive arguments in favour of the move.有几种有说服力的观点支持此举。
    • He can be very persuasive.他有时很会说服人。🔊🔊
    • the persuasive power of advertising广告的说服力
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    • His analysis is in many ways highly persuasive.他的分析在许多方面都很有说服力。
    • His arguments strike me as not entirely persuasive.他的论点并没有让我觉得很有说服力。
    • The evidence was not really persuasive enough.证据并不是太有说服力。
    • What makes his case so persuasive?是什么使他的案子如此有说服力?
    • Advertising relies heavily on the persuasive power of imagery.广告很大程度上靠的是图像的说服力。
    Topics Discussion and agreementb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • prove
    • seem
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
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    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French persuasif, -ive or medieval Latin persuasivus, from persuas- ‘convinced by reasoning’, from the verb persuadere, from per- ‘through, to completion’ + suadere ‘advise’.