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Convert Latin 2913.Convert 英 Kən'vɜːt]美 Kən'vɝt 释义 Vt

正面 2913.convert
英 [kən'vɜːt]美 [kən'vɝt]

背面
释义:
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
例句:
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。

1、con- "together" + vert-.2、含义:turn around, transform.3、con-: together, 表示整个、完全、一起的转变。4. 共同的转过去.
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。
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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