dissuade
英 [dɪ'sweɪd]
美 [dɪ'swed]
TEM8 GRE
dissuade 劝阻dis-, 不,非,使相反。-suade, 甜,劝说,词源同sweet, persuade. 即相反的劝说,规诫。
- dissuade
- dissuade: see persuade
- dissuade (v.)
- 1510s, from Middle French dissuader and directly from Latin dissuadere "to advise against, oppose by argument," from dis- "off, against" (see dis-) + suadere "to urge" (see suasion). Related: Dissuaded; dissuading.
- 1. St Barth'sstrange lack of street names is meant to dissuade journalistic snoopers.
- 圣巴思这个地方非常奇怪,街道居然没有名称,其实这样做就是为了打消记者刺探新闻的念头.
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He considered emigrating, but his family managed to dissuade him.
- 他考虑过移民,但他家人劝阻了他。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The airport ground crew tried to dissuade the pilot from taking off.
- 机场地勤人员试图阻止这位飞行员驾机起飞。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Doctors had tried to dissuade patients from smoking.
- 医生们劝病人不要吸烟。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. I tried to dissuade him from giving up his job.
- 我劝过他,让他不要放弃自己的工作。
来自《权威词典》