convert
convert 英 [kənˈvɜ:t] 美 [kənˈvɜrt]
vi. 转变，转换；皈依 n. 皈依者
进行时:converting 过去式:converted 过去分词:converted 第三人称单数:converts 名词复数:converts
- Think of the word convert as meaning "change," whether it is a person who adopts a new belief, or a changing action, such as when you convert dollars into euros.
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- vi. 转变，转换；皈依
- n. 皈依者
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1. I convert waste into wealth," he says.
我将废物转变为财富，”他说。
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2. The hotel is going to be converted into a nursing home.
那家旅馆将被改建成私人疗养院。
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3. a sofa that converts into a bed
可改作床用的沙发
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4. He converted from Christianity to Islam.
他由基督教改信伊斯兰教。
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5. She was soon converted to the socialist cause.
她不久便转而献身于社会主义事业了。
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6. I've converted to organic food.
我改吃有机食物了。
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7. I didn't use to like opera but my husband has converted me.
我过去不喜欢歌剧，但我丈夫改变了我。
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8. a convert to Islam
改信伊斯兰教的人
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9. converts from other faiths
来自其他宗教信仰的皈依者
- convert (n.) 1560s, "person whose faith has been changed from one religion to another," from convert (v.). Earlier was convers (early 14c.), from Old French converse (n.). General (non-religious) sense of "person converted from one opinion or practice to another" is from 1640s.
- convert (v.) c. 1300, "a change or turn from one religion to another," especially to Christianity, from Old French convertir "to turn around, turn towards; change, transform; convert, win over," from Vulgar Latin *convertire, from Latin convertere "turn around, transform," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + vertere "to turn" (from PIE root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend").
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