dissuaded 是动词 dissuade 的过去式/过去分词,意思是“劝阻;打消(某人做某事的念头)”,常用结构:dissuade someone from (doing) something。也可指“使某人不相信/不再支持”(较少见)。
/dɪˈsweɪdɪd/
She was dissuaded from going out alone at night.
她被劝阻不要在夜里一个人外出。
Although friends dissuaded him from quitting, he left the company to start his own business.
尽管朋友们劝他别辞职,他还是离开了公司去创业。
来自拉丁语 dissuadēre:**dis-**(“离开、相反”)+ suadēre(“劝说、建议”),字面含义接近“劝人不要做某事”。英语中逐渐固定为“劝阻、打消念头”。