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convert

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解释

vt. 使转变；转换…；使…改变信仰
vi. 转变，变换；皈依；改变信仰
n. 皈依者；改变宗教信仰者
n. (Convert)人名；(法)孔韦尔

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中文词源

convert 转化，皈依

con-, 强调。-vert, 转，词源同versus, invert. 该词主要用于宗教用语，意为皈依。

英文词源

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.).

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例句和用法

1. We would like to convert the loft into another bedroom.: 我们想把阁楼改造成又一间卧室。

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

3. Christians were arrested for trying to convert people, to proselytise them.: 基督徒因为试图改变他人信仰而被捕。

4. Scholars have debated whether or not Yagenta became a convert.: 学者们就弥源太是否皈依进行过辩论。

5. The programme to convert every gas burner in Britain took 10 years.: 完成对英国所有煤气灶的改造花了10年时间。