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convert

Word family 
con·vert1 /kənˈvɜːt $ -ˈvɜːrt/ ●●○ W3 AWL verb  
1 
a) [transitiveT]CHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENT to change something into a different form, or to change something so that it can be used for a different purpose or in a different way 使转变；使转换；使改造 → convertible
convert something to/into something
 They converted the spare bedroom into an office.
他们把备用卧室改成了办公室。
 The stocks can be easily converted to cash.
这些股票变现很方便。
 a 19th-century converted barn (=barn changed into a house)
由19世纪谷仓改建的房子
b) [intransitiveI] to change into a different form, or change into something that can be used for a different purpose or in a different way 改建；改装；改造；转换
convert to/into
 a sofa that converts into a bed
可改作床用的沙发
 In the process, the light energy converts to heat energy.
在此过程中，光能转换为热能。
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a) [transitiveT] to persuade someone to change to a different religion 使皈依，使改变信仰
convert somebody to something
 European missionaries converted thousands to Christianity.
欧洲的传教士使成千上万的人皈依了基督教。
b) [intransitiveI] to change to a different religion 皈依，改信〔另一宗教〕
convert to
 She converted to Catholicism.
她改信了天主教。
3 
a) [intransitiveI] to change to a different set of ideas, principles, or ways of doing something 改变〔观点、原则或做事方式〕
convert to
 people who have recently converted to vegetarianism
新近才改吃素食的人
b) [transitiveT] to persuade someone to change to a different set of ideas, principles, or ways of doing something 使改变〔观点、原则或做事方式〕
convert somebody to something
 She succeeded in converting me to her point of view.
她说服我转变过来赞同了她的观点。
newly/freshly converted
 newly converted feminists
新近改变过来的女权主义者
4. [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to make a conversion in rugby or American football 〔英式或美式橄榄球中〕（使）获得附加分
→ preach to the converted at preach(4)
Examples from the Corpus
convert• In 1983, the district converted all its junior high schools to schools of choice, doing away with assignment by zone.• A Swiss company has found a way to convert animal waste into fuel.• Concerns about cruel farming methods converted her to vegetarianism.• The previously existing subduction zone is converted into a suture zone marking where the two continents are welded together.• I didn't use to like Indian food, but Cathy's converted me.• The problem began when I converted my 4 x 2 to 4 x 4.• We've converted the basement to give the children more room to play.• The berries are then warmed over slowly burning peat fires until they sprout, a development that converts their starches into sugars.• Within five years, he had converted thousands of Calvinists back to Catholicism.• My grandmother converted to Hinduism while living in India.• There have been other setbacks-like 160,247 hectares of farmland converted to industrial, residential or commercial uses.• The Kings, who were 0 for 3 on the power play against Chicago, converted two of four man advantages.• This computer system converts typed words into speech.• Alpha is a religious programme that aims to change your life, not just convert you.• You use these processes to convert your physical state from sleepy and unkempt to bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
convert to/into• His omission was converted into an act by the means stated in Chapter 4.• Hundreds of new products begin as one bag and convert to another.• Analysts have said they expect three of the four largest building societies to convert to banks in the coming few years.• The station has been converted to burn confiscated marijuana which has been piling up in the warehouses of the local police forces.• Free carnitine was converted to C acetyl carnitine and measured in a scintillation counter.• His negative comments, however accurate, were converted into slights, compounded by Johnson's nationality and famous stature.• By no means all revolutionaries were converted to social democracy.• Whether Candida ever converts to the hyphal form in the gut is unknown.
convert to• Young Japanese people are converting from tea to coffee.• Large numbers of people are converting to Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism.• In 1976 he converted to Islam.• Ron converted to Judaism so he could marry Beth.• Thousands of miles of old railroad lines have been converted to trails.• Beta carotene can be converted to vitamin A in the body.
newly/freshly converted• Nizan's writings of this period are charged with the destructive dynamism of the newly converted.• Even the newly converted Battling Billy broke the pledge that day.• Bangers and mash is said to be the thing many newly converted vegetarians miss, but now they need pine no longer.
Related topics: Religion
con·vert2 /ˈkɒnvɜːt $ ˈkɑːnvɜːrt/ noun [countableC]  
RRCHANGE FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHERsomeone who has been persuaded to change their beliefs and accept a particular religion or opinion 皈依宗教者；改变信仰者
convert to
 a convert to Christianity
改信基督教的人
 recent converts to the cause
最近刚投身这一事业的人
Examples from the Corpus
convert• Now, she is a convert.• a convert to Buddhism• It was called the Moderation Society, and George Mottram was an early convert.• Brownson followed him the same year, to become the leading lay convert of his day.• Because although economic considerations are normally behind the switch, many new converts rapidly discover they prefer the diesel driving experience.• Also patron of converts and divorce.• Yet some people of conscience felt they must not write off these possible converts.• The young magistrate had embraced orthodoxy with the fervour of a recent convert.
From Longman Business Dictionary
convertcon·vert /kənˈvɜːt-ˈvɜːrt/ verb [transitiveT]
to change or make something change from one thing to another
convert something to/into something
energy consumption that could readily be converted from oil to natural gas
bonds that can be converted into stock at a later date
A falling dollar means that foreign-currency profits are worth more when converted into dollars.
Origin convert1
(1200-1300) Old French convertir, from Latin convertere “to turn around, convert”, from com- ( → COM-) + vertere “to turn”
con·vert1 verbcon·vert2 noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2245 COCA: 2895
convert

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONVERT | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤new, recent新近的／最近的皈依者▸➤enthusiastic熱情的皈依者▸➤reluctant不情願的皈依者▸➤Catholic, Jewish, etc.天主教、猶太教等的皈依者VERB + CONVERT➤become成為皈依者▸➤attract, gain, make, win吸引皈依者；爭取皈附者；使成為皈依者◇an attempt to gain converts to her cause為她的事業爭取皈附者的一次努力➤seek尋找皈依者PREPOSITION➤convert from來自⋯的皈依者◇Pope Clement was a convert from paganism.克雷芒教皇是來自異教的皈依者。➤convert to皈依⋯的人◇a recent convert to Catholicism最近皈依天主教的人
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2245 COCA: 2895
convert verb
⇨ persuade (I've never liked opera but you might convert me!) ⇨ switch (I've converted to organic food.) ⇨ turn 2 (a sofa that converts into a bed)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2245 COCA: 2895

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