CONVINCE Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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convince

[ kuhn-vins ]

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verb (used with object)

convinced, convincing.

to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action:
Ample evidence convinced the jury of his guilt.
A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
Synonyms:
to persuade; cajole:
We finally convinced them to have dinner with us.
Obsolete. to prove or find guilty.
Obsolete. to overcome; vanquish.

convince

/ 办蓹苍藞惫瑟苍蝉 /

verb

may take a clause as object to make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; persuade
to persuade (someone) to do something
obsolete.
1. to overcome
2. to prove guilty

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Usage Note

Convince, an often stated rule says, may be followed only by that or of, never by to: We convinced him that he should enter (not convinced him to enter ) the contest. He was convinced of the wisdom of entering. In examples to support the rule, convince is often contrasted with persuade, which may take to, of, or that followed by the appropriate construction: We persuaded him to seek counseling (or of his need for counseling or that he should seek counseling ). The history of usage does not support the rule. Convince (someone) to has been in use since the 16th century and, despite objections by some, occurs freely today in all varieties of speech and writing and is fully standard: Members of the cabinet are trying to convince the prime minister not to resign.

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Usage

The use of convince to talk about persuading someone to do something is considered by many British speakers to be wrong or unacceptable

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Derived Forms

肠辞苍藞惫颈苍肠颈产濒别, adjective
肠辞苍藞惫颈苍肠别谤, noun
肠辞苍藞惫颈苍肠别尘别苍迟, noun

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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

肠辞苍路惫颈苍肠路别谤 noun
肠辞苍路惫颈苍路肠颈路产濒别 adjective
肠辞苍路惫颈苍肠路颈路产颈濒路颈路迟测 [k, uh, n-vin-s, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
辫谤别路肠辞苍路惫颈苍肠别 verb (used with object) preconvinced preconvincing
谤别路肠辞苍路惫颈苍肠别 verb (used with object) reconvinced reconvincing
un路肠辞苍路惫颈苍路肠颈路产濒别 adjective

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of convince¹

First recorded in 1520鈥�30; from Latin convincere 鈥渢o prove (something) false or true, (somebody) right or wrong,鈥� equivalent to con- con- + vincere 鈥渢o overcome鈥�; victor

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of convince¹

C16: from Latin convincere to demonstrate incontrovertibly, from com- (intensive) + vincere to overcome, conquer

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Example Sentences

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He finally convinced officials to give him the necessary permits.

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So Mexican and American farmers united to convince their governments to do more.

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Having acquired some training with nitroglycerin in the Army, he wrongly convinces himself that he has the know-how to effectively blow up a safe.

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The winner of Monday's election is likely to be the party able to convince voters they have a plan for how to deal with the US president.

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"We cannot win back the majority if we do not convince the American people that our party offers something that isn't just, not Donald Trump, but something substantially better," he said.

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