Gulliver’s travel Chapter 1-4 표현정리

|어휘 및 표현정리|
Persuade Verb. /pɚˈsweɪd/
:to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to that person and making them believe it:

(사진출처:구글검색)

Ex.
If she doesn't want to go, nothing you can say will persuade her.

[ + (that) ] It's no use trying to persuade him (that) you're innocent.

[ + to infinitive ] He is trying to persuade local and foreign businesses to invest in the project.

Her legal advisers persuaded her into/out of mentioning (= to mention/not to mention) the names of the people involved in the robbery.

We only need one more player for this game - can you persuade your sister to join in?

+ Collocation
ADV. successfully | almost | eventually, finally | quickly | easily
She was easily persuaded to accompany us.

Dave gently persuaded the fish close enough to be lifted aboard the boat.

The education minister personally persuaded the prime minister to rethink.

He somehow persuaded the studio to let him make the film.

VERB + PERSUADE attempt to, endeavour to, seek to, try to | hope to | be able/unable to, can/could
He eventually managed to persuade one of the staff to let him in. | help (to) | be difficult to | fail to

PREP.
into She was persuaded into buying an expensive dress.
of We must persuade the government of the need for change.

PHRASES an attempt/effort to persuade sb an unsuccessful attempt to persuade her colleagues |
be reluctantly persuaded I was reluctantly persuaded to join the committee. | have difficulty (in) persuading sb They had difficulty in persuading the two sides to sit down together.

* 동의어
talk sb into sth

; to persuade someone to do something

He's against the idea, but I think I can talk him into it.

Accuse Verb /əˈkjuːz/
: to say that somebody has done something wrong or is guilty of something

(사진출처:구글검색)

Ex.
”It wasn't my fault." "Don't worry, I'm not accusing you."

He's been accused of robbery/murder.

Are you accusing me of lying?

The surgeon was accused of negligence.

+Collocation
ADV. practically, virtually She practically accused me of starting the fire! | falsely, unjustly, wrongly | angrily | openly, publicly They openly accused her of dishonesty.


VERB + ACCUSE cannot/could not You can't accuse me of being selfish.

PREP. of No one could ever accuse this government of not caring about the poor.

PHRASES stand accused of He stands accused of murdering his wife and children.