con·ver·sion
noun OPAL W
/kənˈvɜːʃn/
/kənˈvɜːrʒn/
- [uncountable, countable] conversion (from something) (into/to something) the act or process of changing something from one form, use or system to another
转变；转换；转化 - Their main business is the conversion of farm buildings into family homes.
他们的主要业务是将农场建筑物改建为家庭住宅。 - Conversion to gas central heating will save you a lot of money.
转成燃气中央供暖系统可以省不少钱。 - No conversion from analogue to digital data is needed.
不需要把模拟数据转换为数字数据。 - a metric conversion table (= showing how to change metric amounts into or out of another system)
公制换算表 - a firm which specializes in house conversions (= turning large houses into several smaller flats)
专营房屋改建的公司
Extra Examples- A local building firm will carry out the conversion of the farm buildings into business units.
当地一家建筑公司将把农场建筑改成商业用房。 - Cheap solar energy conversion has been the dream of scientists since the 1970s.
自 20 世纪 70 年代以来，科学家一直梦想着进行低成本的太阳能转化。 - Consult the conversion table to figure out the weight in kilos.
查查换算表，计算出以千克为单位的重量。 - There are no charges for currency conversion.
货币兑换不收费。 - a conversion kit that lets your vehicle run on non-polluting fuel
使车辆依靠无污染燃料运行的转换装备 - Today, after a careful conversion, it is a very comfortable and elegant country home.
经过精心改建，这幢房子现在成了一个舒适、雅致的乡间住宅。 - The firm specializes in house conversions.
这家公司专营房屋改建。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- barn
- loft
- currency
- …
- carry out
- undertake
- kit
- chart
- table
- …
- conversion from
- conversion into
- conversion to
- …
- Their main business is the conversion of farm buildings into family homes.
- [uncountable, countable] conversion (from something) (to something) the process or experience of changing somebody's or your own religion or beliefs
（宗教或信仰的）改变；皈依；归附 - the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons by Christian missionaries
基督教传教士使盎格鲁–撒克逊人的信仰改变 - his conversion from Judaism to Christianity
他由犹太教改信基督教 - Late in life she experienced a religious conversion.
晚年她经历了宗教皈依。 - She began by supporting monetarist economics, but later underwent quite a conversion when she saw how it increased unemployment.
她一开始支持货币主义经济学，但后来当她看到货币主义经济学如何增加失业率时，她发生了很大的转变。
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc1- her conversion from Christianity to Buddhism
她从基督教皈依佛教 - In the 90s he underwent a religious conversion.
20 世纪 90 年代，他经历了宗教信仰的转变。 - her overnight conversion to market economics
她突然转到了市场经济学
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Christian
- religious
- spiritual
- …
- experience
- undergo
- experience
- conversion from
- conversion to
- the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons by Christian missionaries
- [countable] (in rugby and American football) a way of scoring extra points after scoring a try or a touchdown
（持球过对方球门线触地或达阵后的）附加攻门（得分） - The try came in the third minute and Jon Bland added the conversion.
第三分钟，乔恩・布兰德踢定位球又拿到了附加分。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + conversion- kick
- add
- The try came in the third minute and Jon Bland added the conversion.
- [countable] barn/loft conversion a building or room that has been changed so that it can be used for a different purpose, especially for living in
（尤指为居住而）改建的房屋 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- barn
- loft
- currency
- …
- carry out
- undertake
- kit
- chart
- table
- …
- conversion from
- conversion into
- conversion to
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘turning of sinners to God’): via Old French from Latin conversio(n-), from convers- ‘turned about’, from the verb convertere ‘turn about’, from con- ‘altogether’ + vertere ‘turn’.