convert

英 [kən'vɜːt] 美[kən'vɝt]
  • vt. 使转变;转换…;使…改变信仰
  • vi. 转变,变换;皈依;改变信仰
  • n. 皈依者;改变宗教信仰者
  • n. (Convert)人名;(法)孔韦尔

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词态变化


复数: converts;第三人称单数: converts;过去式: converted;过去分词: converted;现在分词: converting;

助记提示


1、con- "together" + vert-.
2、含义:turn around, transform.
3、con-: together, 表示整个、完全、一起的转变。
4. 共同的转过去.

中文词源


convert 转化,皈依

con-, 强调。-vert, 转,词源同versus, invert. 该词主要用于宗教用语,意为皈依。

英文词源


convert (v.)
c. 1300, from Old French convertir, from Vulgar Latin *convertire, from Latin convertere "turn around, transform," from com- "together" (see com-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Originally in the religious sense. The Latin word is glossed in Old English by gecyrren, from cierran "to turn, return." Related: Converted; converting.
convert (n.)
1560s, from convert (v.). Earlier was convers (early 14c.).

双语例句


1. We would like to convert the loft into another bedroom.
我们想把阁楼改造成又一间卧室。

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2. He was a recent Catholic convert, and very zealous.
他最近才皈依天主教,是一名狂热的信徒。

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3. Christians were arrested for trying to convert people, to proselytise them.
基督徒因为试图改变他人信仰而被捕。

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4. Scholars have debated whether or not Yagenta became a convert.
学者们就弥源太是否皈依进行过辩论。

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5. The programme to convert every gas burner in Britain took 10 years.
完成对英国所有煤气灶的改造花了10年时间。

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