persuasion的意思|persuasion的解释-里氏词典

persuasion [pә'sweiʒәn]

n. 说服, 信念, 派别, 说服力

persuasion

[ noun ]

the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action

<noun.communication>

a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

<noun.cognition>

my opinion differs from yours

I am not of your persuasion

what are your thoughts on Haiti?

Persuasion \Per*sua"sion\, n. [L. persuasio; Cf. F. persuasion.]
1. The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by
arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves
the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a
determination.

For thou hast all the arts of fine persuasion.
--Otway.

2. The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion
or conviction, which has been induced.

If the general persuasion of all men does so account
it. --Hooker.

My firm persuasion is, at least sometimes,
That Heaven will weigh man's virtues and his crimes
With nice attention. --Cowper.

3. A creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a certain
creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion;
all persuasions are agreed.

Of whatever state or persuasion, religious or
political. --Jefferson.

4. The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness.

Is 't possible that my deserts to you
Can lack persuasion? --Shak.

5. That which persuades; a persuasive. [R.]

Syn: See {Conviction}.

They needed little persuasion, he says, to see the advantages of closer cross-border collaboration. A year ago, he set up eight 'core teams', covering KGFE's principal product categories and the main marketing functions.
Miller should learn later this month whether his powers of persuasion have been successful.
Mohammed's pre-eminence was attained, not so much by winning the hearts and minds of peoples with love and persuasion, but by conquest of the sword.
He can also try his powers of persuasion on friendly or semi-friendly states.
It is by no means clear that anyone of any ideological persuasion would be willing to countenance the coercion that would be required to remove everyone from the streets (to say nothing of the cost).
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, sent Bush a letter urging him to "press (Kaifu) with all the formidable persuasion at your command to open the Japanese market." Friday's session was devoted to security issues.
Rather, the skills of persuasion are required.
Their target date for action is the inter-governmental conference of 1996 to review the Maastricht treaty. Those of a more passive persuasion, particularly UK prime minister Mr John Major, will resist.
Only three years ago, the banks successfully turned back a push for tougher legislation, arguing that moral persuasion through a code of honor was more effective than law enforcement in banishing shady dealings.
He went on to become chairman of the Royal Opera House Trust, the fund-raising body for Covent Garden. Stories about his powers of persuasion abound.
He also has nothing like Mr Rostenkowski's legendary powers of political persuasion. At a session of the 39-member committee on Wednesday, Mr Rostenkowski described his mission in typically blunt terms.
"They saw and knew that he was in a weakened state and susceptible to persuasion," Parker said.
Cartoonist Matt Groening was being pursued by a pack of publishers, but was wooed to Harper with the extra persuasion of Fox executives.
There are two solid reasons for congressional term limitation that economists, at least those of the public-choice persuasion, should fully appreciate.
The decree also provides capital punishment for anyone convicted of using persuasion or intimidation to keep people away from jobs declared essential under emergency laws.
Someone like Mr. Scholtz, however, needs more persuasion.
It remains neutral in skirmishes involving government, environmentalists and business interests, using a checkbook and persuasion rather than lawyers and protests.
Gorbachev is undergoing what is widely viewed as a test of his personal powers of persuasion as he tries to bring renegade Lithuanians back into the fold.
Politicians of a left-wing persuasion must be given time to think.
The rebels said they have ordered "an absolute halt in hostilities" and asked the coalition and the verification commission "to apply a special policy of persuasion" to the 4,000 rebels estimated to have gone into Nicaragua since September.
I am talking of the principle of the open society, the open debate; ideas, not intimidation; persuasion, not coercion."
"Once a system can't achieve its goals through co-optation or persuasion, it will use force," says Mr. Meyer, the political scientist.
Polls of customers at McDonald's in Bangkok showed they chose to eat there because of brand loyalty, persuasion by their children, convenience and atmosphere.
Philosemitism is common among Germans of this persuasion, as a gesture of reparation and conciliation.
Thirty U.S. senators have criticized Shamir for rejecting an exchange of "territory for peace." Reagan, asked what kind of pressure he would put on Shamir, said, "Well, I don't think it's so much pressure as it is just an attempt at persuasion.
Tired of attempts to stop the practice by means of moral persuasion, Kemper Financial Services Inc., which manages about $8 billion in stocks, much through mutual funds, decided to hit the big boys in the pocketbook.
The overwhelming majority on both sides of the divide vote for the parties of their religious persuasion, which then wage wars of words in the council chambers.
Also, he said, the activity involved more than "an exercise of the power of persuasion."
People of this persuasion advocate explicitly limited powers for government.
These days, keeping the Fed on track requires considerable skills of persuasion.

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