convert
英 [k?n'v??t]
美[k?n'v?t]
- vt. 使轉(zhuǎn)變；轉(zhuǎn)換…；使…改變信仰
- vi. 轉(zhuǎn)變，變換；皈依；改變信仰
- n. 皈依者；改變宗教信仰者
- n. (Convert)人名；(法)孔韋爾
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?converts;第三人稱單數(shù):?converts;過去式:?converted;過去分詞:?converted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?converting;
助記提示
1、con- "together" + vert-.
2、含義：turn around, transform.
3、con-: together, 表示整個、完全、一起的轉(zhuǎn)變。
4. 共同的轉(zhuǎn)過去.
2、含義：turn around, transform.
3、con-: together, 表示整個、完全、一起的轉(zhuǎn)變。
4. 共同的轉(zhuǎn)過去.
中文詞源
convert 轉(zhuǎn)化，皈依
con-, 強調(diào)。-vert, 轉(zhuǎn)，詞源同versus, invert. 該詞主要用于宗教用語，意為皈依。
英文詞源
- 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.).
雙語例句
- 1. We would like to convert the loft into another bedroom.
- 我們想把閣樓改造成又一間臥室。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was a recent Catholic convert, and very zealous.
- 他最近才皈依天主教，是一名狂熱的信徒。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Christians were arrested for trying to convert people, to proselytise them.
- 基督徒因為試圖改變他人信仰而被捕。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Scholars have debated whether or not Yagenta became a convert.
- 學者們就彌源太是否皈依進行過辯論。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The programme to convert every gas burner in Britain took 10 years.
- 完成對英國所有煤氣灶的改造花了10年時間。
來自柯林斯例句