• vt. 說服；使確信，使信服

con-, 強調。-vince, 勝利，詞源同evince, victory. 即戰勝，使信服。

convince

convince: [16] Latin convincere meant originally ‘overcome decisively’ (it was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and vincere ‘defeat’, source of English victory). It branched out semantically to ‘overcome in argument’, ‘prove to be false or guilty’; and when borrowed into English it brought these meanings with it. Before long they died out, leaving ‘cause to believe’, which developed in the 17th century, as the only current sense, but ‘find or prove guilty’ survives in convict [14], acquired from the Latin past participle convictus.
=> convict, victory

convince (v.)

1520s, "to overcome in argument," from Latin convincere "to overcome decisively," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + vincere "to conquer" (see victor). Meaning "to firmly persuade" is from c. 1600. Related: Convinced; convincing; convincingly.

1. I'm not going to believe it myself, never mind convince anyone else.

我自己都不會相信，更別提說服別人了。

來自柯林斯例句

2. It became clear that I hadn't been able to convince Mike.

我顯然沒有能夠說服邁克。

來自柯林斯例句

3. You'll need to convince them of your enthusiasm for the job.

你要使他們相信你殷切希望得到這份工作。

來自《權威詞典》

4. It's hopeless trying to convince her.

想說服她簡直是徒勞。

來自《權威詞典》

5. It requires a lot of talking to convince him.

要說服他很費口舌.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》