persuade作“使相信，使確信”解時，其后可接of引出相信的內容。當of的賓語是that從句時， of須省略。
persuade into可表示“說服某人做某事”; persuade out則表示“說服某人不做某事或放棄某想法”。
persuade可用于被動結構。
例句：
She had persuaded herself that life was not worth living.
她自認為人生沒有價值。
Recent information may persuade the board to reconsider.
最近得到的信息也許會使董事會重新考慮。
I had a terrible job to persuade her to come.
為勸她來，我費盡了口舌。
You'll never persuade him to stay ─ his mind's made up.
你根本無法勸他留下來——他已經拿定主意了。
I am still not fully persuaded of the plan's merits.
我還不能完全信服這個計劃的優點。