The verb is pronounced /kən'vɜːt/. The noun is pronounced 'kɒnvɜːt/. 动词读作 /kən'vɜːt/,名词读作 /'kɒnvɜːt/。
1 V-ERG (使)改变;更改;(使)转变 If one thing
is converted or
converts into another, it is changed into a different form.
(使)改变;更改;(使)转变 -
The signal will be converted into digital code. [be V-ed + into/to]
信号会被转变为数字代码。
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...naturally occurring substances which the body can convert into vitamins. [V n + into/to]
自然产生的能被身体转化成维生素的物质
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...a table that converts into an ironing board. [V + into/to]
能转换成熨衣板的桌子
2 VERB 改造,改建(房屋等) If someone
converts a room or building, they alter it in order to use it for a different purpose.
改造,改建(房屋等) -
By converting the loft, they were able to have two extra bedrooms. [VERB noun]
把阁楼改造一下,他们就可以多出两间卧室。
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...the entrepreneur who wants to convert County Hall into an hotel. [VERB noun + into]
想把市政厅改建成旅馆的企业家
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He is living in a converted barn. [VERB-ed]
他住在一个改造过的仓库里。
3 VERB 改造,改装(车辆或设备) If you
convert a vehicle or piece of equipment, you change it so that it can use a different fuel.
改造,改装(车辆或设备) [Also VERB n + into] 4 VERB 换算;折算 If you
convert a quantity
from one system of measurement
to another, you calculate what the quantity is in the second system.
换算;折算 [Also VERB n] 5 V-ERG (使)改变宗教(或政治)信仰;(使)皈依;(使)归附 If someone
converts you, they persuade you to change your religious or political beliefs. You can also say that someone
converts to a different religion.
(使)改变宗教(或政治)信仰;(使)皈依;(使)归附 -
If you try to convert him, you could find he just walks away. [VERB noun]
如果你试图改变他的信仰,他就会走开。
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He was a major influence in converting Godwin to political radicalism. [VERB noun + to]
戈德温变成政治激进主义者主要是受他的影响。
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He converted to Catholicism in 1917. [VERB + to]
他于1917年皈依天主教。
6 N-COUNT 皈依者;归附者;改变信仰者 A
convert is someone who has changed their religious or political beliefs.
皈依者;归附者;改变信仰者 -
She, too, was a convert to Roman Catholicism. [+ to]
她也皈依了天主教。
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...a Muslim convert now known as Yusuf Islam.
现以优素福·伊斯兰这个名字为大家熟知的伊斯兰教皈依者
7 VERB 使…迷上;使…热衷于 If someone
converts you
to something, they make you very enthusiastic about it.
使…迷上;使…热衷于 [Also VERB n] 8 N-COUNT 刚迷上…的人;最近开始热衷于…的人 If you describe someone as a
convert to something, you mean that they have recently become very enthusiastic about it.
刚迷上…的人;最近开始热衷于…的人 9 to
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VERB. | adapt, alter, change, modify, transform 1 |
Word Link | vert ≈ turning : convert, invert, revert |
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