Through careful persuasion, the museum curator convinced the private collector to donate the rare manuscript to the public archive.
通过细致的说服，博物馆馆长说服了私人收藏家将珍贵手稿捐赠给公共档案馆。
Which choice best defines “persuasion”?
D — The act of convincing someone to do or believe something. “persuasion” means the act of convincing someone to do or believe something.
Which word means “the act of convincing someone to do or believe something”?
B — persuasion. “persuasion” means the act of convincing someone to do or believe something.
persuasion — the act of convincing someone to do or believe something. In Chinese: 说服，劝说.
persuasion is pronounced /pərˈsweɪʒən/.
Through careful persuasion, the museum curator convinced the private collector to donate the rare manuscript to the public archive. (通过细致的说服，博物馆馆长说服了私人收藏家将珍贵手稿捐赠给公共档案馆。)
convincing, inducement, urging — all close in meaning to persuasion (the act of convincing someone to do or believe something).
dissuasion, discouragement — each the opposite of persuasion (the act of convincing someone to do or believe something).
Yes. persuasion is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. 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.