Did you go along with his policies, or did you try to persuade him and change his mind?

是同意他的政策,还是说服他改变主意？

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And we know--from reading Buddy's letter over Zooey's shoulder in the bathtub--we know that Zooey had similar concerns about his own acting career, his own commitment to acting that Buddy tried to persuade him out of.

我们知道，从巴蒂的信中，在浴缸中,我们知道左伊也对他自己的表演事业感到同样的担心,他对表演的付出，巴蒂,曾试图劝说他放弃。

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