coming closer together, especially in characteristics or ideas (尤指特征或想法)相似的,相近的 there are a number of convergent reasons for the growth of interest in pragmatics. 对语用学兴趣的提高有许多类似的原因。 ■relating to convergence 会聚的,相交的 a convergent boundary. 相交的国界。 ■(Mathematics)(of a series) approaching a definite limit as more of its terms are added (数)收敛的 ■(Biology)relating to or denoting evolutionary convergence (生)趋同进化的 ■(of thought) tending to follow well-established patterns (思想)趋同习见的
语源
early 18th cent.: from late Latin convergent- 'inclining together', from the verb convergere (see converge)