SCIENCE OF PERSUATION Flashcards
to support or argue for (a cause, policy, etc.); to plead in favor of.
They advocated a return to traditional teaching methods.
Jie (pasisakė už) grįžimą prie tradicinių mokymo metodų.
advocate
if you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
Belatedly, the government has acknowledged the problem.
Pavėluotai vyriausybė (pripažino) problemą.
acknowledge
to state a fact or belief firmly.
The defendants continue to assert their innocence.
Kaltinamieji ir toliau (tvirtina) esą nekalti.
assert
to say that the fact, statement or theory is incorrect or untrue.
No one disputes that vitamin C is of great value in treatment of scurvy.
Niekas (neginčija), kad vitaminas C yra labai naudingas gydant skorbutą.
Dispute
if you imply that something is the case, you say something which indicates that it is the case in an indirect way.
Are you implying that I had something to do with those attacks?
Ar nori (duoti suprasti), kad aš turėjau ką nors bendro su tais išpuoliais?
imply
to show or prove that a decision, action or an idea is reasonable or necessary.
No argument can justify a war.
Joks argumentas negali (pateisinti) karo.
Justify
to dislike or disapprove something.
A lot of people will object to the book.
Daugelis žmonių (prieštaraus) knygai.
Object
to explain an idea or a plan in a general way.
The mayor outlined his plan to clean up the town’s image.
Meras (išdėstė) savo planą sutvarkyti miesto įvaizdį.
Outline
to express doubts whether something is true, reasonable or worthwhile.
It never occurs to them to question the doctor’s decisions.
Jiems nė į galvą neateina (suabejoti) gydytojo sprendimais.
Question
the help that you get from something or the advantage that results from it.
For maximum benefit, use the treatment every day.
Norėdami gauti didžiausią (naudą), naudokite gydymą kiekvieną dieną.
Benefit
a discussion about a subject on which people have different views.
There has been a lot of debate among scholars about this
Tarp mokslininkų dėl to kilo daug (diskusijų)
Debate
an aspect of something or someone that makes them less acceptable than they would otherwise be.
The only drawback of the apartment was that it was too small.
Vienintelis buto (trūkumas) – per mažas.
Drawback
anything that you see, experience, read or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened.
There is a lot of (evidence) that stress is partly responsible for disease.
Evidence
a fact, argument or a piece of evidence which shows that something is definitely true or definitely exists.
Economists have been concerned with establishing (proofs for) their arguments.
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