converting
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I If one thing is converted or converts into another, it is changed into a different form. 轉變
The signal will be converted into digital code. 信號將被轉變成數字編碼。
...naturally occurring substances which the body can convert into vitamins. …可以在身躰內轉化成維生素的天然物質。
2. V-T If someone converts a room or building, they alter it in order to use it for a different purpose. 改建
By converting the attic, they were able to have two extra bedrooms. 通過改建閣樓，他們又多出了兩間臥室。
...the entrepreneur who wants to convert County Hall into a hotel. …想把縣政大厛改建成旅館的企業家。
3. V-T If you convert a vehicle or piece of equipment, you change it so that it can use a different fuel. 改裝
Save money by converting your car to run on used vegetable oil. 通過改裝你的汽車使其燃燒用過的植物油來省錢。
4. V-T If you convert a quantity from one system of measurement to another, you calculate what the quantity is in the second system. 換算
Converting metric measurements to U.S. equivalents is easy. 把公制度量衡換算成美制度量衡很容易。
5. V-T/V-I 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. 改變信仰
If you try to convert him, you could find he just walks away. 如果你想讓他改變信仰，他會扭頭就走。
He was a major influence in converting Godwin to political radicalism. 戈德溫主要在他的影響下信仰了政治激進主義。
6. N-COUNT A convert is someone who has changed their religious or political beliefs. 改變信仰的人[oft N 'to' n]
She, too, was a convert to Roman Catholicism. 她也改信羅馬天主教了。
7. N-COUNT If you describe someone as a convert to something, you mean that they have recently become very enthusiastic about it. 熱衷…的人[usu N 'to' n]
As recent converts to vegetarianism and animal rights, they now live with a menagerie of stray animals. 作爲最近開始熱衷素食主義和動物權利保護的人們，他們現在和一群流浪動物生活在一起。
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convert (converting,converted,converts)
動詞讀作kənˈvɜːt。名詞讀作ˈkɒnvɜːt。