convert

1. V-T/V-I If one thing is converted or converts into another, it is changed into a different form. 转变

The signal will be converted into digital code. 信号将被转变成数字编码。

...naturally occurring substances which the body can convert into vitamins. …可以在身体内转化成维生素的天然物质。

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. 通过改建阁楼，他们又多出了两间卧室。

...the entrepreneur who wants to convert County Hall into a hotel. …想把县政大厅改建成旅馆的企业家。

3. V-T If you convert a vehicle or piece of equipment, you change it so that it can use a different fuel. 改装

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 If you convert a quantity from one system of measurement to another, you calculate what the quantity is in the second system. 换算

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 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

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。

He was a major influence in converting Godwin to political radicalism. 戈德温主要在他的影响下信仰了政治激进主义。

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

She, too, was a convert to Roman Catholicism. 她也改信罗马天主教了。

7. N-COUNT If you describe someone as a convert to something, you mean that they have recently become very enthusiastic about it. 热衷…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。