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dissuade

🇬🇧 UK/di'sweid/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage by argument

劝阻,说服某人不做某事

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
disnot, apart, away
+
suadeadvise, urge, recommend, make sweet
=dissuade

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Friends tried to dissuade him from joining the risky venture.

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