We tried in vain to make him change his mind.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

We persuaded him to change his mind.

We tried to persuade him.

We tried but failed to reassure him.

We tried to win him over to our view.

We persuaded him not to go.

We came to the conclusion that we should help him.

We discouraged his attempt to go to the mountains.

We made every effort to help him.

We were frustrated with his intractability.

He astonished us with his bizarre ideas.

He took particular trouble to make us comfortable.

We tried to cheer him up by taking him out.

We tried to animate him by taking him out.

We tried to cheer him up by taking him out.

We tried to restrain him from his reckless action.

We tried to find out his opinion [sounded him out] on that question.

We will persuade him to give up on that.

We failed to persuade him.

We managed to bring him around to our way of thinking.

We are sorry for his mistake.

We skipped his turn on purpose.

We marveled at his bold attempt.

We are puzzled over his behavior.

We are racking our brains over his behavior.

I tried asking him, but he just snubbed me [《口語》 gave me the brush‐off].

We looked down on him as a coward.

We argued him into going.

We looked down on him as a coward.

We were afraid that we might hurt his feelings.

We were afraid we might hurt his feelings.