convert
verb
uk/kənˈvɜːt/us/kənˈvɝːt/convertverb(CHANGE)
B2[IorT]
to (causesomething or someone to)changeinformorcharacter:
(使)改变,(使)转变;(使)改信;(使)皈依Could we convert thesmallbedroomintoa secondbathroom?我们能把这间小卧室改建成第二间浴室吗?
What's theformulafor convertingpoundsintokilograms?把磅换算成公斤的公式是什么?
to make different
- changeShe'll always be like that - you can't change her.
- alterWe've had to alter our plans.
- varyTry to vary the children's diet a little.
- convertWe're going to convert the spare bedroom into an office.
- turn intoThere are plans to turn his latest book into a film.
- transformThe riverside area has been transformed into a shopping and sports complex.
C2[IorT]
tochangeto a newreligion,belief,opinion, etc., or to make someone do this:
改变信仰(或态度);归附,皈依He convertedto(=startedbelievingin)Catholicismwhen he gotmarried.他婚后皈依了天主教。
I used tohateexercise, but mysisterhas converted me (toit).我以前不喜欢锻炼,但我姐姐改变了我。
- Those whoattemptedto convert theheathenwere put todeath.
- Thehouse, aformerbarn, has beenattractivelyconverted.
- Theyboughta convertedmews.
- Nitrogen is converted intonitratesin thesoilwhichplantscan then use.
- You needn'tbothertellingus howrecyclinghelpstheenvironment, because you'repreachingto the converted.
Changing
- about-face
- about-turn
- alterable
- altered
- alternate
- disturb
- drip
- modulate
- modulation
- move on
- move the goalpostsidiom
- move with the timesidiom
- pivot
- rewrite
- sanitization
- shakesomeoneout ofsomething
- shakesomeoneup
- stead
- steepness
- sway
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Changing your mind
convertverb(SPORTS)
[T]
insport, toscoreextrapointssuch as aconversion,freethrow, orpenaltyshot
(橄榄球)得附加分Rugby
- bomb
- chargesomethingdown
- converted
- cooler
- drop kick
- field of play
- flanker
- heel
- lineout
- place-kick
- place-kicking
- post-match
- postgame
- premiership
- rugger
- steal
- test match
- unconverted
- wing back
- work rate
convert
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.vɜːt/us/ˈkɑːn.vɝːt/someone whochangestheirbeliefs,habits, or way ofliving:
改变信仰(或习惯、生活方式)的人aChristian/Buddhistconvert皈依基督教/佛教者
a converttovegetarianism/wholemealbread改食素食者/全麦面包者
Religious people: believers & non-believers
- anti-evolution
- anti-evolutionary
- anti-evolutionist
- anti-humanist
- antichrist
- deist
- evolutionist
- faithful
- faithless
- faithlessly
- libertine
- monotheist
- mystic
- non-believer
- non-Christian
- theist
- theistic
- unbelief
- unbeliever
- unbelieving