每日一词 174 | dissuade

1. 这是个什么词？ 

词：dissuade    

英英释义：to persuade someone not to do something     

例句：Many friends unsuccessfully tried to dissuade him from smoking.

2. 为什么选这个词？

“dissuade”是动词，意思是“劝阻”，读作| dɪˈsweɪd |。当我们想表达“劝说某人不要做某事”的时候，可以使用 dissuade somebody from something/doing something，比用它的反义词 persuade 加否定更加简洁，也可以体现表达的多样性。dissuade 常见的同义词还有 discourage 和 talk somebody out of something/doing something。下面我们通过几个例子来掌握它。    

很多朋友试着劝说他不要吸烟，但还是没能成功，可以说：    

Many friends tried to persuade him not to smoke, but failed.     

或：    

Many friends tried to talk him out of smoking, but failed.    

用 dissuade 还可以说：    

Many friends unsuccessfully tried to dissuade him from smoking.

在几个好心路人的劝说下，她放弃了自杀，就可以说：    

She was dissuaded from committing suicide.

或    

A few kind-hearted passers-by dissuaded her from suicide.

《经济学人》一篇关于委内瑞拉政治的文章中就用到了 dissuade：    

Mike Pompeo, America’s secretary of state, later insisted that Mr Maduro had been worried enough to have a plane waiting to spirit him to Havana but was dissuaded by his Russian allies.

一篇关于英国穆斯林的《经济学人》文章中也用到了 dissuade：    

As Muhammad Afzal, the central mosque’s chairman, is keen to recall, his establishment has led efforts to dissuade people from joining the war in Syria.

另一篇写美国商业的《经济学人》文章中也出现了 dissuade：    

The Chamber of Commerce, which has had the ear of every president, has successfully championed massive corporate-tax cuts but failed to dissuade the president from imposing tariffs and curbing immigration.

3. 怎样学会使用这个词？

1）翻译下面的句子：        

很多家长会劝说孩子不要通宵熬夜。    

（参考翻译：Many parents dissuade their children from staying up all night.）    

2）结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等，想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景，再造句。        

例子：    Her parents dissuaded her resigning form the government office.

场景：    她的父母极力劝阻她不要辞去公务员职务。