(1)使相(確)信(make sb believe or feel certain)[T+n，T+n+prep(of)，D+n+that]：How can we～him? 我們?cè)鯓硬拍苷f服他?～sb by quoting statistics引用統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字說服某人;～a person of (be～d of)sb's innocence/sb's honesty/sb's guilt/sb's folly/sb's mistake/sb's error使……相信(確信)某人無辜/誠實(shí)/有罪/愚笨/有錯(cuò)/有錯(cuò);～a person of (be～d of) the difficulty of the work/having done wrong使……相信(確信)工作難干/做錯(cuò)了事;～a person that (be～d that) sb is innocent/the work is difficult/he has done wrong 使……相信(確信)某人是無辜的/工作難干/他做錯(cuò)了事;
(2)說服(persuade)[C+n+to-inf](AmE)：～sb to go by train/to vote for a person說服某人乘火車/投一個(gè)人的票;～sb that he should leave說服某人走開;
→con′vinced adj堅(jiān)信的，確信的;con-′vincing adj有說服力的;uncon′vincing adj 無說服力的;
【辨異】convince與persuade和induce都可表示對(duì)某人的思想和行為施加影響。convince指使人相信一真理或陳述，只有接that從句和不定式時(shí)才表示“說服”(某人做某事);persuade(說服，使確信)和induce(誘導(dǎo)，促使)現(xiàn)代主要都表示“說服”(某人做某事)，如：persuade/induce sb to do it(勸說/促使某人做這事)，但persuade 更多指“勸”;而induce僅強(qiáng)調(diào)結(jié)果(不管是勸說，還是誘惑)，因此，其主語可以是人，也可以是某種因素。