persuasive

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. That which persuades; incitement.
    — He smiled a very knowing smile, and setting up a halloo, and shaking his leathern thong, away we went at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour. I had no occasion to go further with my persuasives; the pace was kept up, […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Able to persuade; convincing.
    — But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.

词形变化

more persuasive comparative most persuasive superlative persuasives plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus.
词源 2
From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus.
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