I tried to persuade him to give up the foolish idea, but in

A意为“劝服”，劝了且服了
C尽力劝服，但不一定服；下文中他说要试一下，并没有服，所以选C

persuade后面跟to do不定式时，表示的是成功劝说某人做某事，如果是要表示不让某人做某事，一般后面接sb. out of doing sth.这种结构，表示“说服某人不要做某事”，并不是直接加not。


一道高考题：
Alice trusts you; only you can ________ her to give up the foolish idea. (NMET 2001)(上海卷)

A. suggest B. attract C. tempt D. persuade

此题的句意为“惟有你能说服她放弃这种愚蠢的想法。”persuade sb. to do sth.表示“说服某人做某事”，答案选D。persuade表示“说服”、“劝服”，是同学们学习的重点及物动词，现就其主要用法作以归纳。

1. 后面接名词或代词。

I can persuade the boss soon.我很快就能说服老板。

Can you persuade her？你能说服她吗？

2. 后面接sb. of sth. 表示“使某人相信某事”。

I persuaded him of its truth. 我使他相信这是真的。

3. 后面接sb. to do sth. 表示“说服某人做某事”。

They persuaded her to go with them.他们说服了她和他们一起去。

We will persuade him to take the medicine. 我们将说服他把药吃下去。

4. 后面接sb. into doing sth. 表示“说服某人做某事”。

We persuaded her into taking the job.我们说服了她接受这份工作。

5. 后面接sb. out of doing sth.表示“说服某人不要做某事”。

I persuaded my father out of smoking.我劝服了我父亲戒烟。

6. 后面接sb. that-clause表示“使某人相信……”。

She persuaded me that death does not end all.她说服了我相信死并不能使一切结束。

How can I persuade you that I am grateful to you? 我怎样才能使你相信我对你非常感激呢？

7. 可用于被动结构, 表示“相信”。

I'm almost persuaded that he is honest.我几乎相信他是诚实的。

I'm persuaded of your being right. 我相信你是对的。


再有就是：

(1)作“说服，劝服”讲

①跟带不定式的复合结构

e．g．I have persuaded him to change his mind．

我已经说眼他改变主意了。

Who persuaded you to join the organization?

谁劝你参加这个组织的?

②跟名词／代词+介词短语

e．g．Can you persuade him out of his foolish plans?

你能说服他放弃他那愚蠢的计划吗?

I persuaded him into going to school，even though he didn"t want to．

即使他不想去上学，但我也说服他了。

③跟名词／代词+副词

e．g．She persuaded him up for a cup of coffee．

她把他劝起来喝了杯咖啡。

They persuaded him in to shelter from the rain．

他们说服他进去躲了一会儿雨。

注意：在表示“劝说不一定成功”时，我们常用try to persuade。

e．g．I tried to persuade him to give up smoking but failed．

我劝他戒烟，但失败了。

(2)作“使相信”讲

①跟名词／代词+that从句

e．g．She persuaded them that she had done right．

她终于使他们相信她做的事是对的。

②跟名词／代词+ of短语

e．g．They tried to persuade us of the truth of the report．

他们设法让我们相信报道是真实的。