The engineer's detailed risk analysis failed to dissuade the committee from approving the ambitious bridge project.
工程师详细的风险分析未能劝阻委员会批准这项雄心勃勃的桥梁项目。
Which choice best defines “dissuade”?
C — To persuade not to do something.. “dissuade” means To persuade not to do something..
Which word means “To persuade not to do something.”?
C — dissuade. “dissuade” means To persuade not to do something..
dissuade — To persuade not to do something.. In Chinese: 劝阻;劝止.
dissuade is pronounced //dɪˈsweɪd//.
The engineer's detailed risk analysis failed to dissuade the committee from approving the ambitious bridge project. (工程师详细的风险分析未能劝阻委员会批准这项雄心勃勃的桥梁项目。)
discourage, deter, disincline — all close in meaning to dissuade (To persuade not to do something.).
encourage, persuade — each the opposite of dissuade (To persuade not to do something.).
Yes. dissuade is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
dis(反) + suade(劝,persuade) → 反着劝 → 劝阻。