persuades , persuading , persuaded
If something persuades someone to take a particular course of action, it causes them to take that course of action because it is a good reason for doing so.
It was the lack of privacy that eventually persuaded us to move after Ben was born.
正是因为缺少隐私,我们最终在本出生后搬了家。
If you persuade someone that something is true, you say things that eventually make them believe that it is true.
I've persuaded Mrs Tennant that it's time she retired.
我已经说服坦南特夫人她该退休了。
We had managed to persuade them that it was worth working with us.
我们已经设法使他们相信和我们共事是值得的。