说客

shuìkè

a person often sent to win somebody over or enlist his support through persuasion, a persuasive talker

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a persuasive talker

【法】 persuader

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a persuasive talker

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shui4 ke4

persuasive speaker (often derogatory), the gift of the gab

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说客

shuō kè

person often sent to win sb. over or enlist his support through persuasion; persuasive talker; one who undertakes to “sell an idea”; hired agent to speak for sb.; lobbist:

我可不是那位前总统的说客。 I am not a hired agent for the former president.

她的丈夫是位说客， 几乎跟每位参议员都熟。 Her husband is a lobbyist, and familiar with almost every senator.

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說客|说客 [shuì kè] ► (old) itinerant political adviser ► (fig.) lobbyist ► go-between ► mouthpiece ► also pr. [shuō kè]