•If she doesn't want to go, nothing you can say will persuade her.如果她不想去，你是说甚么也劝不动她的。

•[+ (that)] It's no use trying to persuade him (that) you're innocent.试图让他相信你的无辜是徒劳的。

•[+ to infinitive] He is trying to persuade local and foreign businesses to invest in the project.他正在努力说服国内外商人投资该专案计划。

•Using a bunch of bananas, the zoo-keeper persuaded the monkey back into its cage.动物园管理员用一串香蕉诱使猴子回到笼子里。

•formal The first priority is to persuade the management of the urgency of this matter.当务之急是要让管理阶层了解到事情的紧迫性。

•Her legal advisers persuaded her into/out of mentioning (= to mention/not to mention) the names of the people involved in the robbery.她的法律顾问劝她说出／不要说出涉入抢劫的人的名字。