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dissuade someone from something/doing something collocation to persuade someone not to do something: 劝说…不做某事,劝阻 I tried to dissuade her from leaving.我试图劝说她不要离开。 He was dissuaded from pressing charges by his parents, but almost immediately began to regret it. He tried to dissuade her from the divorce, but she'd already made up her mind. See
dissuade She was not easily dissuaded from entering a field traditionally dominated by men. The complicated and lengthy complaints procedure dissuaded many people from making a claim. She managed to dissuade me from dyeing my hair green. Nothing will dissuade him from his evil plans. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Urging & persuading ambulance-chasing argumentation badger be/go on at someoneidiom blag blagger go on hortatory hustle incitation incitement influencer jockey sucker sway unconvinced unpersuaded unpersuasive unsalable unsaleable |