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GRE 红宝书

• v. 使改变 ( 信仰等) ; n. 改变信仰的人
• ［英］ v. 使改变 ( 信仰等) ( change; transform) ; n. 改变信仰的人 ( a person converted, as to a religion)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French convertir, from Latin convertere to turn around, transform, convert, from com- + vertere to turn — more at worth
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another
    • b. to bring about a religious conversion in
  • 2.
    • a. to alter the physical or chemical nature or properties of especially in manufacturing
    • b.
      • (1) to change from one form or function to another
      • (2) to alter for more effective utilization
      • (3) to appropriate without right
    • c. to exchange for an equivalent <convert foreign currency into dollars<convert a bond
  • 3. obsolete turn
  • 4. to subject to logical conversion
  • 5.
    • a. to make a goal after receiving (a pass) from a teammate
    • b. to score on (as a try for point or free throw)
    • c. to make (a spare) in bowling
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to undergo conversion
  • 2. to succeed in an attempt for a point, field goal, or free throw
• Synonyms: see transform

II. noun

• Date: 1561
• one that is converted

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