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单词 convertibly
释义

convert /kən-vûrtˈ/

transitive verb
  1. To change or turn from one thing, condition, opinion, party or religion to another
  2. To cause to acquire faith in a particular religion
  3. To change by a spiritual experience
  4. To change into the converse
  5. To alter into something else (eg iron into steel, a try into a goal, a large house into several flats, a merchant ship into a cruiser)
  6. To apply to a particular purpose
  7. To exchange for an equivalent
  8. To turn about (obsolete)
intransitive verb
  1. To undergo conversion
  2. To be convertible (from one form into another)
  3. To switch (religious or political) allegiance
noun /konˈvûrt/

A person who is converted, esp to a particular religious faith

ORIGIN: L convertere, conversum, from con- and vertere to turn

conˈverse (or /-vûrsˈ/) adjective

Reversed in order or relation

noun (only /konˈ/)
  1. That which is the opposite of another
  2. A proposition in which the subject and predicate have changed places (logic)
  3. A proposition in which that which is given and that which is to be proved in another proposition are interchanged (mathematics)

converseˈly adverb

converˈsion noun

  1. A change from one condition, use, opinion, party, religion or spiritual state to another
  2. Something (esp a building) adapted for a different purpose
  3. The expression of repressed emotions as physical symptoms (psychiatry)
  4. The act of constructing a proposition in accordance with the rules of direct inference, in which the terms of another proposition are interchanged (logic)
  5. Unauthorized dealing with another's property (law)
  6. A score made after a try by kicking the ball over the crossbar (rugby)
  7. An additional score after a touchdown, worth one or two points (American football)

conˈvertend noun (logic)

The proposition to be converted

convertˈer noun

  1. Someone or something that converts
  2. A vessel in which materials are changed from one condition to another (esp iron into steel)
  3. An apparatus for making a change in electric current (also converˈtor)
  4. A device which converts data from one form into another (computing)
  5. A reactor which converts fertile material into fissionable material

convertibilˈity noun

convertˈible adjective

  1. That may be converted
  2. (of currency) that may be freely converted into other currencies, or into gold (or dollars) at a fixed price
noun
  1. Anything convertible
  2. A car with a folding top

convertˈibly adverb

convertiplane /kən-vûrˈtə-plān/ noun

An earlier name for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft

conˈvertite noun (archaic)

  1. A convert
  2. A reformed prostitute

conversion course noun

A course of study designed to facilitate the change from one subject to another

conversion disorder noun (psychology)

A form of neurosis in which a person represses painful emotions and unconsciously converts them into physical symptoms, particularly when the bodily site symbolizes the repressed idea

convertible-term insurance

A life insurance policy providing cover for a given period but which may be converted to eg a whole-life policy at some time during this period at favourable terms

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