dissuade

[US]/dɪˈsweɪd/
[UK]/dɪˈsweɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

Verb: overtale noen til å ikke gjøre noe.
Word Forms
Past Participledissuaded
Third Person Singulardissuades
Past Tensedissuaded
Present Participledissuading

Example Sentences

dissuade from an attempt

fraråde fra et forsøk

a failure that dispirited the team. See also Synonyms at dissuade encourage

en skuffelse som demotiverte laget. Se også Synonymer under dissuade encourage

He was easily dissuaded from going.

Han ble lett overtalt til å ikke gå.

Save your breath; you can't dissuade them.

Spar pusten; du kan ikke overtale dem.

his friends tried to dissuade him from flying.

vennene hans prøvde å overtale ham fra å fly.

The father dissuaded his son from leaving school.

Faren frarådet sønnen sin fra å forlate skolen.

dissuaded my friend from pursuing such a rash scheme.

Jeg frarådet vennen min fra å forfølge en så hensynsløs plan.

tried to dissuade the general from taking disciplinary action;

prøvde å overtale generalen fra å ta disiplinære tiltak;

I tried to dissuade her from getting married.

Jeg prøvde å overtale henne fra å gifte seg.

I tried to dissuade her from investing her money in stocks and shares.

Jeg prøvde å overtale henne fra å investere pengene sine i aksjer og andeler.

Chichester set off once more in spite of his friends’ attempts to dissuade him.

Chichester satte av gårde igjen til tross for vennenes forsøk på å overtale ham.

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