persuade作“使相信，使確信”解時，其后可接of引出相信的內容。當of的賓語是that從句時， of須省略。

　　persuade into可表示“說服某人做某事”; persuade out則表示“說服某人不做某事或放棄某想法”。

　　persuade可用于被動結構。

　　例句：

　　She had persuaded herself that life was not worth living.

　　她自認為人生沒有價值。

　　Recent information may persuade the board to reconsider.

　　最近得到的信息也許會使董事會重新考慮。

　　I had a terrible job to persuade her to come.

　　為勸她來，我費盡了口舌。

　　You'll never persuade him to stay ─ his mind's made up.

　　你根本無法勸他留下來——他已經拿定主意了。

　　I am still not fully persuaded of the plan's merits.

　　我還不能完全信服這個計劃的優(yōu)點。