他给老板提建议了吗

People tried to persuade him to go for a more gradual reform programme.

人们试图说服他采取更为渐进的改革方案。

We’re trying to persuade manufacturers to sell them here

我们正在努力劝说制造商在这里销售。

I’m trying to persuade you to be more sensible.

我想要说服你更理智一点儿。

Ford never desisted from trying to persuade him to return to America

福特从未停止过劝说他返回美国。

Numerous attempts to persuade him to write his memoirs came to nought.

无数次劝他写回忆录的尝试均以失败告终。

No matter how hard we tried to persuade him, he wouldn’t listen.

任我们怎样劝说，他也不听。

You’ll never persuade him to stay ─ his mind’s made up.

你根本无法劝他留下来——他已经拿定主意了。

注意：

persuade sb of 使某人相信，其含义也可以使用：persuade sb that 从句结构

I persuaded him of its truth.

我使他相信了那是真的。

We are persuaded of the justice of her case.

我们确信对她的案件的审理时公正的。（被动语态）

We eventually persuaded him that we are serious.

我们终于使他相信我们时认真的。

She had persuaded herself that life was not worth living.

她自认为人生没有价值。

It will be difficult to persuade them that there’s no other choice.

很难让他们相信别无选择。

We had managed to persuade them that it was worth working with us

我们已经让他们相信与我们合作是值得的。

A posse of Marsh’s friends persuaded them that this was a bad idea.

马什的一群朋友劝他们说这是个馊主意。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

但是我认为译为下面更恰当：

马什的一群朋友使他们相信这是个馊主意。

2.suggest 及物动词 ， 建议它所表示的含义是“建议或者提议”。

suggest+疑问词+to do

suggest that+sb. (should) do(含其他名词性从句都用虚拟语气)

suggest doing sth./ sth.

例句：

Did he suggest anything to the boss?

他给老板提建议了吗？

May I suggest a white wine with this dish, Sir?

先生，吃这道菜，我给您推荐一种白葡萄酒，好吗？

I suggested going home. 我建议回家。

I suggested going in my car.

我提议坐我的车去。

I suggest trying once more.

我建议再试一次。

It has been suggested that bright children take their exams early.

有人提议天资好的孩子提前考试。

It has been suggested that bright children should take their exams early.

有人提议天资好的孩子提前考试。

I suggest you take the forms away and read them at your leisure.

我建议你把表格带回去有空慢慢看。

I suggest we go out to eat.

我提议我们出去吃吧。