prevail upon 详细解释

prevail upon

vt. 说服(劝说, 诱使)

说服; 劝说

We prevailed upon her to sing.

我们说服她唱歌。

We'll try to prevail upon him to accept the invitation.

我们将尽力说服他接受邀请。

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prevail uponprevail upon1.〈正〉劝告, 说服He was prevailed upon to deliver us a lecture.他被说服为我们作一次演讲。