convert
convert
verb
convert something to one's own use
verb
- [with obj.]cause to change in form, character, or function
使（形态、性质、功能）转变；改变
modernization has converted the country from a primitive society to a near-industrial one.
现代化进程已使这个国家从原始社会转化为接近工业化的社会。 - [no obj.]change or be able to change from one form to another
（可）转换；（可）改变
the seating converts to a double or two single beds.
这座位可变为一张双人床或两张单人床。
■[no obj.]change one's religious faith or other beliefs
改变宗教信仰（或其他信仰）
at sixteen he converted to Catholicism.
十六岁时他改信天主教。
■persuade (someone) to do this
说服（某人）改变信仰
he was converted in his later years to the socialist cause.
经过劝导他晚年转而致力于社会主义事业。
■change (money, stocks, or units in which a quantity is expressed) into others of a different kind
兑换（货币、股票等）
■adapt (a building) to make it suitable for a new purpose
改建（房屋）
the company converted a disused cinema to house twelve machinists.
公司改建了一个废弃的电影院作为十二个机械师的住所。
[as adj. converted]a converted Victorian property.
被改建的维多利亚时代的住宅。
■(Logic)transpose the subject and predicate of (a proposition) according to certain rules to form a new proposition by inference
(逻)使换位 - [with obj.]score from (a penalty kick, pass, or other opportunity) in a sport or game
（体育运动或游戏中以罚球、传球或其他机会）得分
■(Rugby)score extra points after (a try) by a successful kick at goal
(英橄)（在对方球门线后）触地得分，再踢定位球得分
■(American Football)advance the ball far enough after (a down) to get another try for a first down
(美橄)（分段进攻中）进攻一次后，继续带球进攻
■(American Football)make an extra score after (a touchdown) by kicking a goal (one point) or running another play into the end zone (two points)
(美橄)附加得分（定位球得一分，达阵得两分）
- a person who has been persuaded to change their religious faith or other beliefs
皈依者；被说服改变宗教信仰（或其他信仰）的人
he is a recent convert to the Church.
他是个刚刚皈依基督教的人。
convert something to one's own use
- ■(Law)wrongfully make use of another's property
(律)非法挪用（他人财产）
- Middle English (in the sense 'turn round, send in a different direction'): from Old French convertir, based on Latin convertere 'turn about', from con- 'altogether' + vertere 'turn'
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