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con·vert AHD[kən-vûrtʹ] D.J.[kənˈvɜːt]K.K.[kənˈvɝt]v.(动词)con.vert.ed, con.vert.ing, con.verts v.tr.(及物动词)- To change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product; transform:变换:使(某物)转变成另一种形式、物质、状态或结果;使转化:convert water into ice.将水变成冰
- To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another; adapt to a new or different purpose:使改变:将(某物)从一种用途、功能或目的转变成另一种;使…适应于新的或不同目的:convert a forest into farmland.把森林变成耕地
- To persuade or induce to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief:使皈依:劝说或诱导…相信某一特定宗教、信仰或信念:convert pagans to Christianity; was converted to pacifism by the war.使异教徒皈依基督教;成为反战论者
- To exchange for something of equal value:兑换:将…交换成价值相等的东西:convert assets into cash.把资产转化成现金
- To exchange (a security, for example) by substituting an equivalent of another form.更换:将(如一种证券)兑换成另一形式的等价物
- To express (a quantity) in alternative units:换算:将(一种数量)折合换算成另一种单位:converting feet into meters.将英尺换算成公尺
- Logic To transform (a proposition) by conversion.【逻辑学】 转换:通过换位改变(一个命题)
- Law 【法律】
- To appropriate (another's property) without right to one's own use.侵占:在没有使用权的情况下挪用(他人财产)
- To change (property) from real to personal or from joint to separate or vice versa.变更:把(财产)从不动产转换为动产或从共有的转换成独立的或相反
v.intr.(不及物动词)- To undergo a conversion:经过转变:We converted to Islam several years ago.我们在几年前皈依伊斯兰教
- To be converted:被改变:a sofa that converts into a bed; arms factories converting to peacetime production.可改换为床的沙发;兵工厂改为平时的生产线
- Football To make a conversion.【橄榄球】 触地得分后得附加分
n.(名词)AHD[kŏnʹvûrt'] - One who has been converted, especially from one religion or belief to another.皈依者:被劝说归附或皈依的人,尤指从一种宗教或信念改信另一种的人
- Middle English converten 中古英语 converten
- from Old French convertir 源自 古法语 convertir
- from Latin convertere [to turn around] 源自 拉丁语 convertere [使倒转]
- com- [intensive pref.] * see com- com- [前缀,表加强词意] * 参见 com-
- vertere [to turn] * see wer- 2vertere [转变方向] * 参见 wer- 2
convert, metamorphose, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute- The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to change into a different form, substance, or state": 这些动词共同的中心意思是“将…转变为不同的形式、物质或状态”: convert stocks into cash;将股票兑换成现金;misery metamorphosing into happiness;痛苦转变成幸福;a bare stage that was transfigured into an enchanted forest;一个空舞台被变成了一座迷人的森林;a gangling adolescent transformed into a handsome adult;长成英俊青年的笨拙少年;a sleepy town transmogrified by the boom into a bustling city;经济的迅速发展使这个寂静的小镇成为闹市;impossible to transmute lead into gold. 不可能把铅变质为金子
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