convert star3 CET4 TEM4 (converting,converted,converts)

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  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） If one thing is converted or converts into another, it is changed into a different form. 转变

  例：

  The signal will be converted into digital code.

  信号将被转变成数字编码。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） If someone converts a room or building, they alter it in order to use it for a different purpose. 改建

  例：

  By converting the attic, they were able to have two extra bedrooms.

  通过改建阁楼，他们又多出了两间卧室。

• 3.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you convert a vehicle or piece of equipment, you change it so that it can use a different fuel. 改装

  例：

  Save money by converting your car to run on used vegetable oil.

  通过改装你的汽车使其燃烧用过的植物油来省钱。

• 4.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you convert a quantity from one system of measurement to another, you calculate what the quantity is in the second system. 换算

  例：

  Converting metric measurements to U.S. equivalents is easy.

  把公制度量衡换算成美制度量衡很容易。

• 5.  

  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） 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. 改变信仰

  例：

  If you try to convert him, you could find he just walks away.

  如果你想让他改变信仰，他会扭头就走。

• 6.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A convert is someone who has changed their religious or political beliefs. 改变信仰的人 [oft N 'to' n]

  例：

  She, too, was a convert to Roman Catholicism.

  她也改信罗马天主教了。

• 7.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） If you describe someone as a convert to something, you mean that they have recently become very enthusiastic about it. 热衷…的人 [usu N 'to' n]

  例：

  As recent converts to vegetarianism and animal rights, they now live with a menagerie of stray animals.

  作为最近开始热衷素食主义和动物权利保护的人们，他们现在和一群流浪动物生活在一起。