[mass noun]the action or process of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something
说服,劝服;被说服;被说服相信
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Monica needed plenty of persuasion before she actually left .莫尼卡需要好好劝说之后才真正离开。
[count noun]a means of persuading someone to do or believe something; an argument or inducement
说服的手段;说理;劝诱
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he gave way to the persuasions of his half-brother .他被同父异母兄弟说服了。
a belief or set of beliefs, especially religious or political ones
(尤指宗教或政治)信念;信仰
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writers of all political persuasions .具有各种政治信仰的作家。
a group or sect holding a particular religious belief
教派
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the village had two chapels for those of the Primitive Methodist persuasion .那个村庄有两个始初循道会的小教堂。
〈幽默〉 种类;类别
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an ancient gas oven of the enamel persuasion .一个古老的搪瓷煤气灶。
"late Middle English: from Latin