单词 | convert |
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音标 | [kən'və:t, 'kɔnvə:t] |
解释 | v.使改变(信仰等);n.改变信仰的人 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v. 使改变(信仰等) (change; transform);n. 改变信仰的人(a person converted, as to a religion) 【考】 veer : direction / convert : belief(转方向/改变信仰)hunter : quarry / proselytizer : convert(猎人的目标是猎物/ 劝诱别人改变信仰者 的目标是改变信仰者) 【例】 convert the bedroom into a reading room. converts to a new religion. |
字源 | 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.). |
不择手段背单词 | v. 使转变; 使皈依(劝说或诱导别人相信某一宗教或信仰) = change = transform; n 改变宗教信仰或意见的人 【根】vert转-转到别的宗教上-改变宗教信仰 【参】conversion(n 转变; 皈依) 【类】veer: direction = convert: belief 转变方向 = 改变信仰hunter: quarry = proselytizer: convert猎人的目标是猎物 = 劝诱别人改变信仰者的目标是皈依者 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】vert: turn 转;converse 相反的, 颠倒的 【相关】advert转移注意去留意,avert转移,divert转向,evert外转,extrovert性格外向,introvert内向,interconvert 互转,invert向里转,pervert向破,坏的方向转→反常,revert回转→回复;subvert从底下转→推翻 |
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