converse
converse 英 [kənˈvɜ:s] 美 [kənˈvɜrs]
adj. 相反的，逆向的；颠倒的 vi. 交谈，谈话；认识 n. 逆行，逆向；倒；相反的事物
进行时:conversing 过去式:conversed 过去分词:conversed 第三人称单数:converses 名词复数:converses
- Converse is a more formal way of saying "carry on a conversation." You could converse with your best friend for hours over lunch, but continue the chit-chat through the afternoon matinee and you might get shushed.
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- adj. 相反的，逆向的；颠倒的
- vi. 交谈，谈话；认识
- n. 逆行，逆向；倒；相反的事物
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1. Any service that you can update via email, you can update with converse.
任何你可以通过电子邮件更新的服务，都可以通过谈话来更新。
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2. From outside, from those who you love, converse, and make community with, telling you that you belong with them, if only you will give up those annoying, unacceptable parts, please.
来自外界，来自那些你爱的、与你谈话的、与你团结在一起并告诉你你属于他们的人，只要你将放弃那些恼人的、无法接受的部分。
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3. Etiquette required that she should wait, immovable as an idol, while the men who wished to converse with her succeeded each other at her side.
按照礼节，她应该像木偶似地坐在那儿等待，让希望与她交谈的男士一个接一个地到她身边来。
- converse (adj.) "turned about, transposed, reciprocal," 1560s, originally mathematical, from Latin conversus "turned around," past participle of convertere "to turn about, turn around, transform," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + vertere "to turn" (from PIE root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend"). From 1794 as "opposite or contrary in direction." Related: Conversely.
- converse (n.1) 1550s, originally in mathematics, from converse (adj.). From 1786 as "thing or action that is the exact opposite of another." As an example, Century Dictionary gives "the hollows in a mold in which a medal has been cast are the converse of the parts of the medal in relief." Chaucer has in convers, apparently meaning "on the other side."
- converse (n.2) c. 1500, "acquaintance by frequent or customary intercourse," from converse (v.). From 1610s as "conversation, familiar discourse."
- converse (v.) mid-14c., "to move about, live, dwell; live or behave in a certain way" (senses now obsolete), from Old French and French converser "to talk, open communication between," also "to live, dwell, inhabit, reside" (12c.), and directly from Latin conversari "to live, dwell, live with, keep company with," passive voice of conversare, literally "to turn round with," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + versare, frequentative of vertere "to turn" (from PIE root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend").
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