convert
英 [kənˈvɜːt]
美 [kənˈvɝːt]
- 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
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.).
- 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。