induce, persuade, urge, convince, counsel, coax

動詞 convince:

1. make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
   同義詞：convert, win over

1. We utterly failed to convince them.
   我們根本說服不了他們。
2. I try to convince him of the reality of the danger.
   我試圖使他相信危險的確存在。
3. Your argument is too weak to convince me.
   你的論點太薄弱了，說服不了我。
4. He convinced me of his sincerity.
   他使我確信他的真誠。

con.vince

v.tr.（及物動詞）
con.vinced,con.vinc.ing,con.vinc.es
To bring by the use of argument or evidence to firm belief or a course of action.See Synonyms at persuade
說服：通過進行辯論或者提供證據(jù)使…確信或使…采取某種行為參見 persuade
Obsolete To prove to be wrong or guilty.
【廢語】 證明有過錯或有罪
Obsolete To conquer; overpower.
【廢語】 征服；戰(zhàn)勝

來源：
Latin convincere [to prove wrong]
拉丁語 convincere [證明有錯]
com- [intensive pref.] * see com-
com- [前綴，表加強詞意] *參見 com-
vincere [to conquer] * see weik- 3
vincere [征服] *參見 weik- 3

【引伸】
convince.ment
n.（名詞）
convinc.er
n.（名詞）
convinc.ible
adj.（形容詞）
According to a traditional rule,onepersuades someone to act but convinces someone of the truth of a statement or proposition:
根據(jù)一條習慣規(guī)則，一個人persuades （說服）某人做某事而 convinces（使確信） 某人相信一句話或一個提議的正確性：
例句：
By convincing me that no good could come of staying, he persuaded me to leave.
通過讓我確信留下來沒有好處，而說服我離開了。

If the distinction is accepted, thenconvince should not be used with an infinitive:
如果這一區(qū)別被接受的話，那么convince 就不應(yīng)和不定式連用：
例句：
He persuaded (not convinced ) me to go.
他說服（不能用 convinced ) 我離開。

In an earlier survey, a majority of the Usage Panel held that this distinction should be maintained,but the use ofconvince with an infinitive has become increasingly common even among reputable writers, and it is unlikely that this stricture can be maintained for much longer.
在更早的一次調(diào)查中，用法專題使用小組成員的大多數(shù)人認為這一區(qū)別應(yīng)當保持，但是甚至在知名作家中convince 和不定式連用的用法也已變得日漸普遍起來， 這一限制不可能會保持很久