convert

change, alter, vary, convert, modify, transform, turn

名词 convert:

1. a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief

动词 convert:

1. change the nature, purpose, or function of something
2. change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
   同义词：change over
3. change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief
4. exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
   同义词：change, exchange, commute
5. cause to adopt a new or different faith
6. score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone
7. complete successfully
8. score (a spare)
9. make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
   同义词：win over, convince
10. exchange a penalty for a less severe one
    同义词：commute, exchange
11. change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change

1. The old barn we bought to convert into flats was practically tumbling down.
   那个旧谷仓我们买下想改建住房的，实际上已经快塌了。
2. The solar cell can convert the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
   太阳能电池能把阳光的能量转化为电能。
3. My mother has converted to Catholicism.
   我母亲已转而信仰天主教。
4. He is a recent convert to Christianity.
   他最近改信基督教了。
5. Coal can be converted to gas.
   煤可以转化成煤气。

con.vert

v.（动词）
con.vert.ed,con.vert.ing,con.verts
v.tr.（及物动词）
To change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product; transform:
变换：使（某物）转变成另一种形式、物质、状态或结果；使转化：
例句：
convert water into ice.
将水变成冰

To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another; adapt to a new or different purpose:
使改变：将（某物）从一种用途、功能或目的转变成另一种；使…适应于新的或不同目的：
例句：
convert a forest into farmland.
把森林变成耕地

To persuade or induce to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief:
使皈依：劝说或诱导…相信某一特定宗教、信仰或信念：
例句：
convert pagans to Christianity; was converted to pacifism by the war.
使异教徒皈依基督教；成为反战论者

To exchange for something of equal value:
兑换：将…交换成价值相等的东西：
例句：
convert assets into cash.
把资产转化成现金

To exchange (a security, for example) by substituting an equivalent of another form.
更换：将（如一种证券）兑换成另一形式的等价物
To express (a quantity) in alternative units:
换算：将（一种数量）折合换算成另一种单位：
例句：
converting feet into meters.
将英尺换算成公尺

Logic To transform (a proposition) by conversion.
【逻辑学】 转换：通过换位改变（一个命题）
Law
【法律】
To appropriate (another`s property) without right to one`s own use.
侵占：在没有使用权的情况下挪用（他人财产）
To change (property) from real to personal or from joint to separate or vice versa.
变更：把（财产）从不动产转换为动产或从共有的转换成独立的或相反
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To undergo a conversion:
经过转变：
例句：
We converted to Islam several years ago.
我们在几年前皈依伊斯兰教

To be converted:
被改变：
例句：
a sofa that converts into a bed; arms factories converting to peacetime production.
可改换为床的沙发；兵工厂改为平时的生产线

Football To make a conversion.
【橄榄球】 触地得分后得附加分
n.（名词）

One who has been converted, especially from one religion or belief to another.
皈依者：被劝说归附或皈依的人，尤指从一种宗教或信念改信另一种的人

来源：
Middle English converten
中古英语 converten
from Old French convertir
源自 古法语 convertir
from Latin convertere [to turn around]
源自 拉丁语 convertere [使倒转]
com- [intensive pref.] * see com-
com- [前缀，表加强词意] *参见 com-
vertere [to turn] * see wer- 2
vertere [转变方向] *参见 wer- 2

<参考词汇><同义词>convert,metamorphose,transfigure,transform,transmogrify,transmuteThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to change into a different form, substance, or state.:
这些动词共同的中心意思是.将…转变为不同的形式、物质或状态.：
例句：
convert stocks into cash;
将股票兑换成现金；

例句：
misery metamorphosing into happiness;
痛苦转变成幸福；

例句：
a bare stage that was transfigured into an enchanted forest;
一个空舞台被变成了一座迷人的森林；

例句：
a gangling adolescent transformed into a handsome adult;
长成英俊青年的笨拙少年；

例句：
a sleepy town transmogrified by the boom into a bustling city;
经济的迅速发展使这个寂静的小镇成为闹市；

例句：
impossible to transmute lead into gold.
不可能把铅变质为金子