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convincing

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++con·vinc·ing /kənˈvɪnsɪŋ/ ●●○ AWL adjective  1 BELIEVEmaking you believe that something is true or right 有说服力的,使人信服的 convincing evidence of his guilt 证明他有罪的有力证据wholly/utterly/totally etc convincing Courtenay played the role in an utterly convincing way. 考特尼把这个角色演得非常有说服力。2. convincing victory/win WINan occasion when a person or team wins a game by a lot of points 压倒性的胜利/获胜convincingly adverb
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convincingNor is the other alleged prehistoric routeway, the A432, any more convincing.I didn't find any of their arguments very convincing.Jurors thought the defence's arguments were very convincing.The hon. Gentleman is not a very convincing advocate of the policies of youth.No one seemed able to give a convincing answer to my question.There is convincing evidence that smoking causes heart disease.There is no convincing evidence that the tax cut will produce new jobs.Eliot's argument, never entirely convincing in its own age, had by the 1940s ceased to convince altogether.The first reasonably reliable and convincing learning task for Drosophila involved training them using just this sense of smell.Investigators have not found a convincing motive for the crime.Archeologists found convincing proof that the Vikings had landed in North America.The most convincing recent estimate records a fall in that proportion from 77 percent in 1905 to 61 percent in 1916.Lets hope for a convincing win.wholly/utterly/totally etc convincingEach has something to commend it and yet each in turn is not totally convincing.In the role of every woman's ideal gynaecologist, he was utterly convincing.It's foolproof, watertight, totally convincing.Rhianon's account, I think, is wholly convincing.During this stage you are seeking to make the report utterly convincing and readable.They provide a wholly convincing study of the way white Rhodesians were weakened by their own propaganda.
con·vinc·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable
that making you believe something true is Corpus


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convincing
convincing AC /kənˈvɪnsɪŋ/ adjective
 Word Family: adjective: convincedunconvinced, convincingunconvincing; verb: convince; adverb: convincinglyunconvincingly
1. making you believe that something is true or right:
    convincing evidence of his guilt
    wholly/utterly/totally etc convincing
    Courtenay played the role in an utterly convincing way.
2. convincing victory/win an occasion when a person or team wins a game by a lot of points
—convincingly adverb


con·vin·cing AW BrE /kənˈvɪnsɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /kənˈvɪnsɪŋ/ 🔊 adjectivethat makes sb believe that sth is true 令人信服的;有说服力的a convincing argument/explanation/case 有说服力的论点/解释/事例She sounded very convincing to me (= I believed what she said). 我觉得她的话很有说服力。🔊🔊a convincing victory/win (= an easy one) 令人折服的胜利 OPP unconvincing con·vin·cing·ly AW BrE /kənˈvɪnsɪŋli/ 🔊NAmE /kənˈvɪnsɪŋli/ 🔊 adverbHer case was convincingly argued. 她的辩词很有说服力。🔊🔊They won convincingly. 他们赢得令人信服。🔊🔊