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(fù)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.

中文詞源


convert 轉(zhuǎn)化,皈依

con-, 強(qiáng)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。

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

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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。

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4. Scholars have debated whether or not Yagenta became a convert.
學(xué)者們就彌源太是否皈依進(jìn)行過辯論。

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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。

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