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词组 persuasion
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PERSUASION
bring someone around
to persuade someone (to accept something); to manage to get someone to agree (to something).
The last debate brought a lot of voters around to our candidate.I knew I could bring her around if I just had enough time to talk to her.
charm the pants off (of) someone
to use charming behavior to persuade someone to do something. (Use with some caution.)
She is so nice. She just charms the pants off of you.He will try to charm the pants off you, but you can still refuse to take the job if you don't want to do it.
dog and pony show
a display, demonstration, or exhibition of something—such as something one is selling. (From the image of a circus act where trained dogs leap onto and off of trained ponies, in exactly the same sequence each time the show is performed. Fixed order.)
Gary was there with his dog and pony show, trying to sell his ideas to whomever would listen to him.Don't you get tired of running through the same old dog and pony show, week after week?
lean on someone
to try to make someone do something; to coerce someone to do something. (Informal.)
If she refuses to do it, lean on her a bit.Don't lean on me! I don't have to do it if I don't want to.
put something across and get something across
to convince someone of something; to get a plan accepted.
After many weeks of trying, we were unable to put our plan across. They refused to accept it.We just couldn't get it across.
rope someone into doing something
to persuade or trick someone into doing something. (Informal.)
I don't know who roped me into this, but I don't want to do it.See if you can rope somebody into taking this to the post office.
sell someone on something
to convince someone of something. (Informal.)
You don't have to sell me on the value of an education.Try to sell John on going to Mexico for a vacation.
sweet-talk someone
to talk convincingly to someone with much flattery. (Folksy.)
I didn't want to help her, but she sweet-talked me into it.He sweet-talked her for a while, and she finally agreed to go to the dance with him.
talk someone into (doing) something
to overcome someone's objections to doing something; to convince someone to do something.
They talked me into going to the meeting, even though I didn't really have the time.No one can talk me into doing something illegal.
turn the heat up (on someone)
to use force to persuade someone to do something; to increase the pressure on someone to do something. (Informal.)
Management is turning the heat up to increase production.The teacher really turned up the heat on the students by saying that everyone would be punished if the real culprit was not found.
twist someone's arm
to force or persuade someone.
At first she refused, but after I twisted her arm a little, she agreed to help.I didn't want to run for mayor, but everyone twisted my arm.
win someone over
to succeed in gaining the support and sympathy of someone.
Jane's parents disapproved of her engagement at first, but she won them over.I'm trying to win the boss over and get him to give us the day off.
work on someone
to try to convince someone about something. (Informal.)
We worked on Tom for nearly an hour, but we couldn't get him to change his mind.I'll work on him for a while, and I'll change his mind.
PERSUASION - LACKING
cut no ice (with someone)
to fail to change the mind of someone; to have no influence on someone. (Informal.)
What you just said will cut no ice with the manager.All that may be true, but it cuts no ice with me.That idea cuts no ice. It won't help at all.It cuts no ice that your mother is the mayor.
persuasion
noun nationality; sex; kind. From the conventional sense (religious belief or opinion) UK, 1864

of the persuasion that

Having the firm belief that something is the case. I actually know someone who's of the persuasion that the Earth is flat. They're pretty normal other than that bizarre conviction.

of a/an/the (something) persuasion

Having the characteristics of a certain type or thing mentioned. Her parents are of a more conservative persuasion, so they don't really approve of our relationship. When it came to light that she had several friends of the communist persuasion, she was blacklisted from the industry immediately.

of the persuasion (that)

holding a belief that something is true or is in existence. Anne is of the persuasion that supports that candidate for mayor. The paranoid person was of the persuasion that aliens lived among us.

of a/the... persuasion

(formal or humorous) of the type mentioned: As a young man, Max had always been of an artistic persuasion.peers of the Liberal persuasion
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