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überreden ☊ tranh luận ☊ ☊
überreden ☊ 说服 ☊ shuō fú
I had an awful job persuading him to come (= it was very difficult). ☊ awful ☊
I had considerable difficulty (in) persuading her to leave. ☊ difficulty ☊
I tried to persuade him, but with little or no effect. ☊ effect ☊
You'll never persuade him to stay—his mind's made up (= he has definitely decided to go). ☊ make up your mind, make your mind up ☊
persuade sb to do sth: Try to persuade him to come. ☊ persuade ☊
persuade sb: Please try and persuade her. ☊ persuade ☊
She's always easily persuaded. ☊ persuade ☊
persuade sb into sth/into doing sth: I allowed myself to be persuaded into entering the competition. ☊ persuade ☊
It wasn't easy to persuade her to come—quite the reverse. ☊ reverse ☊
scare tactics (= ways of persuading people to do sth by frightening them) ☊ scare ☊
I had a terrible job (= it was very difficult) to persuade her to come. ☊ terrible ☊
It's no use—I can't persuade her. ☊ it's no use (doing sth), what's the use (of doing sth)? ☊