1. 这是个什么词?
词:dissuade
英英释义:to persuade someone not to do something
例句:Many friends unsuccessfully tried to dissuade him from smoking.
2. 为什么选这个词?
“dissuade”是动词,意思是“劝阻”,读作| dɪˈsweɪd |。当我们想表达“劝说某人不要做某事”的时候,可以使用 dissuade somebody from something/doing something,比用它的反义词 persuade 加否定更加简洁,也可以体现表达的多样性。dissuade 常见的同义词还有 discourage 和 talk somebody out of something/doing something。下面我们通过几个例子来掌握它。
很多朋友试着劝说他不要吸烟,但还是没能成功,可以说:
Many friends tried to persuade him not to smoke, but failed.
或:
Many friends tried to talk him out of smoking, but failed.
用 dissuade 还可以说:
Many friends unsuccessfully tried to dissuade him from smoking.
在几个好心路人的劝说下,她放弃了自杀,就可以说:
She was dissuaded from committing suicide.
或
A few kind-hearted passers-by dissuaded her from suicide.
《经济学人》一篇关于委内瑞拉政治的文章中就用到了 dissuade:
Mike Pompeo, America’s secretary of state, later insisted that Mr Maduro had been worried enough to have a plane waiting to spirit him to Havana but was dissuaded by his Russian allies.
一篇关于英国穆斯林的《经济学人》文章中也用到了 dissuade:
As Muhammad Afzal, the central mosque’s chairman, is keen to recall, his establishment has led efforts to dissuade people from joining the war in Syria.
另一篇写美国商业的《经济学人》文章中也出现了 dissuade:
The Chamber of Commerce, which has had the ear of every president, has successfully championed massive corporate-tax cuts but failed to dissuade the president from imposing tariffs and curbing immigration.
3. 怎样学会使用这个词?
1)翻译下面的句子:
很多家长会劝说孩子不要通宵熬夜。
(参考翻译:Many parents dissuade their children from staying up all night.)
作业:
1.很多家长会劝说孩子不要通宵熬夜。
Many parents dissuade their children from staying up all night.
2.他劝说她不要出国,以防能正常毕业。
He dissuaded her from going abroad for graduate normally.