change, alter, vary, convert, modify, transform, turn

名詞 convert:

1. a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief

動詞 convert:

1. change the nature, purpose, or function of something
2. change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
   同義詞：change over
3. change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief
4. exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
   同義詞：change, exchange, commute
5. cause to adopt a new or different faith
6. score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone
7. complete successfully
8. score (a spare)
9. make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
   同義詞：win over, convince
10. exchange a penalty for a less severe one
    同義詞：commute, exchange
11. change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change

1. The old barn we bought to convert into flats was practically tumbling down.
   那個舊谷倉我們買下想改建住房的，實際上已經快塌了。
2. The solar cell can convert the energy of sunlight into electric energy.
   太陽能電池能把陽光的能量轉化為電能。
3. My mother has converted to Catholicism.
   我母親已轉而信仰天主教。
4. He is a recent convert to Christianity.
   他最近改信基督教了。
5. Coal can be converted to gas.
   煤可以轉化成煤氣。

con.vert

v.（動詞）
con.vert.ed,con.vert.ing,con.verts
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product; transform:
變換：使（某物）轉變成另一種形式、物質、狀態(tài)或結果；使轉化：
例句：
convert water into ice.
將水變成冰

To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another; adapt to a new or different purpose:
使改變：將（某物）從一種用途、功能或目的轉變成另一種；使…適應于新的或不同目的：
例句：
convert a forest into farmland.
把森林變成耕地

To persuade or induce to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief:
使皈依：勸說或誘導…相信某一特定宗教、信仰或信念：
例句：
convert pagans to Christianity; was converted to pacifism by the war.
使異教徒皈依基督教；成為反戰(zhàn)論者

To exchange for something of equal value:
兌換：將…交換成價值相等的東西：
例句：
convert assets into cash.
把資產轉化成現(xiàn)金

To exchange (a security, for example) by substituting an equivalent of another form.
更換：將（如一種證券）兌換成另一形式的等價物
To express (a quantity) in alternative units:
換算：將（一種數(shù)量）折合換算成另一種單位：
例句：
converting feet into meters.
將英尺換算成公尺

Logic To transform (a proposition) by conversion.
【邏輯學】 轉換：通過換位改變（一個命題）
Law
【法律】
To appropriate (another`s property) without right to one`s own use.
侵占：在沒有使用權的情況下挪用（他人財產）
To change (property) from real to personal or from joint to separate or vice versa.
變更：把（財產）從不動產轉換為動產或從共有的轉換成獨立的或相反
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To undergo a conversion:
經過轉變：
例句：
We converted to Islam several years ago.
我們在幾年前皈依伊斯蘭教

To be converted:
被改變：
例句：
a sofa that converts into a bed; arms factories converting to peacetime production.
可改換為床的沙發(fā)；兵工廠改為平時的生產線

Football To make a conversion.
【橄欖球】 觸地得分后得附加分
n.（名詞）

One who has been converted, especially from one religion or belief to another.
皈依者：被勸說歸附或皈依的人，尤指從一種宗教或信念改信另一種的人

來源：
Middle English converten
中古英語 converten
from Old French convertir
源自 古法語 convertir
from Latin convertere [to turn around]
源自 拉丁語 convertere [使倒轉]
com- [intensive pref.] * see com-
com- [前綴，表加強詞意] *參見 com-
vertere [to turn] * see wer- 2
vertere [轉變方向] *參見 wer- 2

<參考詞匯><同義詞>convert,metamorphose,transfigure,transform,transmogrify,transmuteThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to change into a different form, substance, or state.:
這些動詞共同的中心意思是.將…轉變?yōu)椴煌男问?、物質或狀態(tài).：
例句：
convert stocks into cash;
將股票兌換成現(xiàn)金；

例句：
misery metamorphosing into happiness;
痛苦轉變成幸福；

例句：
a bare stage that was transfigured into an enchanted forest;
一個空舞臺被變成了一座迷人的森林；

例句：
a gangling adolescent transformed into a handsome adult;
長成英俊青年的笨拙少年；

例句：
a sleepy town transmogrified by the boom into a bustling city;
經濟的迅速發(fā)展使這個寂靜的小鎮(zhèn)成為鬧市；

例句：
impossible to transmute lead into gold.
不可能把鉛變質為金子