persuade作“使相信，使確信”解時(shí)，其后可接of引出相信的內容。當of的賓語(yǔ)是that從句時(shí)， of須省略。

　　persuade into可表示“說(shuō)服某人做某事”; persuade out則表示“說(shuō)服某人不做某事或放棄某想法”。

　　persuade可用于被動(dòng)結構。

　　例句：

　　She had persuaded herself that life was not worth living.

　　她自認為人生沒(méi)有價(jià)值。

　　Recent information may persuade the board to reconsider.

　　最近得到的信息也許會(huì )使董事會(huì )重新考慮。

　　I had a terrible job to persuade her to come.

　　為勸她來(lái)，我費盡了口舌。

　　You'll never persuade him to stay ─ his mind's made up.

　　你根本無(wú)法勸他留下來(lái)——他已經(jīng)拿定主意了。

　　I am still not fully persuaded of the plan's merits.

　　我還不能完全信服這個(gè)計劃的優(yōu)點(diǎn)。