dissuade

dissuade

英 [dɪ'sweɪd]
　　美 [dɪ'swed]

vt. 勸阻，勸止

中文詞源：

dissuade 勸阻

dis-, 不，非，使相反。-suade, 甜，勸說，詞源同sweet, persuade. 即相反的勸說，規誡。

例句：

1. St Barth'sstrange lack of street names is meant to dissuade journalistic snoopers.
聖巴思這個地方非常奇怪,街道居然沒有名稱,其實這樣做就是為瞭打消記者刺探新聞的念頭.

2. He considered emigrating, but his family managed to dissuade him.
他考慮過移民，但他傢人勸阻瞭他。

3. The airport ground crew tried to dissuade the pilot from taking off.
機場地勤人員試圖阻止這位飛行員駕機起飛。

4. Doctors had tried to dissuade patients from smoking.
醫生們勸病人不要吸煙。

5. I tried to dissuade him from giving up his job.
我勸過他，讓他不要放棄自己的工作。