Convince



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.使确信, 说服
• ［英］ 使某人确信 ( make SB feel certain, cause SB to realize) 说服 ( persuade)
• ［记］ con ( 全部) +vince ( 征服, 克服) -> 彻底征服对方 -> 使 ( 人) 确信

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (convinced; convincing)

• Etymology: Latin convincere to refute, convict, prove, from com- + vincere to conquer — more at victor
• Date: 1530
• 1. obsolete
  • a. to overcome by argument
  • b. overpower, overcome
• 2. obsolete demonstrate, prove
• 3. to bring (as by argument) to belief, consent, or a course of action ; persuade <convinced himself that she was all right — William Faulkner<something I could never convince him to read — John Lahr
• ? convincer noun

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