The verb is pronounced /kən'vɜːt/. The noun is pronounced /'kɒnvɜːt/. 动词读作 /kən'vɜːt/,名词读作 /'kɒnvɜːt/。
1. (使)改变;更改;(使)转变
If one thing is converted or converts into another, it is changed into a different form.
e.g. The signal will be converted into digital code.
信号会被转变为数字代码。
e.g. ...naturally occurring substances which the body can convert into vitamins.
自然产生的能被身体转化成维生素的物质
2. 改造,改建(房屋等)
If someone converts a room or building, they alter it in order to use it for a different purpose.
convert的反义词
e.g. By converting the loft, they were able to have two extra bedrooms.
把阁楼改造一下,他们就可以多出两间卧室。
e.g. ...the entrepreneur who wants to convert County Hall into an hotel...
想把市政厅改建成旅馆的企业家
3. 改造,改装(车辆或设备)
If you convert a vehicle or piece of equipment, you change it so that it can use a different fuel.
e.g. Save money by converting your car to unleaded...
将车改装一下,使用无铅汽油,这样可以省钱。
e.g. 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。
4. 换算;折算
If you convert a quantity from one system of measurement to another, you calculate what the quantity is in the second system.
e.g. Converting metric measurements to U.S. equivalents is easy.
将公制计量换算成美制计量非常简单。
5. (使)改变宗教(或政治)信仰;(使)皈依;(使)归附
If someone converts you, they persuade you to change your religious or political beliefs. You can also say that someone converts to a different religion.
e.g. If you try to convert him, you could find he just walks away...
如果你试图改变他的信仰,他就会走开。
e.g. He was a major influence in converting Godwin to political radicalism...
戈德温变成政治激进主义者主要是受他的影响。
6. 皈依者;归附者;改变信仰者
A convert is someone who has changed their religious or political beliefs.
convert的意思
e.g. She, too, was a convert to Roman Catholicism.
她也皈依了天主教。
e.g. ...a Muslim convert now known as Yusuf Islam.
现以优素福·伊斯兰这个名字为大家熟知的伊斯兰教皈依者
7. 使…迷上;使…热衷于
If someone converts you to something, they make you very enthusiastic about it.
e.g. He quickly converted me to the joys of cross-country skiing.
他很快就使我迷上了越野滑雪。
8. 刚迷上…的人;最近开始热衷于…的人
If you describe someone as a convert to something, you mean that they have recently become very enthusiastic about it.
e.g. ...recent converts to vegetarianism.
最近开始热衷于素食主义的人
9. to preach to the converted -> see preach