[译] 我劝他接受这份工作，可他就是不听。
[误] I persuaded him to take the job, but he wouldn’t listen.

[正] I tried to persuade him to take the job, but he wouldn’t listen.
[注] “persuade somebody to do something”是“劝说某人做某事”，而且含有“劝服”的意义。若表示“劝说不一定成功”时，常用 try to persuade 或者 want to persuade。