/kənˈvɜːt/
1
- with obj. cause to change in form, character, or function使（形态、性质、功能）转变; 改变：
modernization has converted the country from a primitive society to a near-industrial one.
现代化进程已使这个国家从原始社会转化为接近工业化的社会。
1.1
- no obj. change or be able to change from one form to another（可）转换; （可）改变：
the seating converts to a double or two single beds.
这座位可变为一张双人床或两张单人床。
1.2
- no obj. change one's religious faith or other beliefs改变宗教信仰（或其他信仰）：
at sixteen he converted to Catholicism.
十六岁时他改信天主教。
1.3
- persuade (someone) to do this说服（某人）改变信仰; 使皈依：
he was converted in his later years to the socialist cause.
经过劝导他晚年转而致力于社会主义事业。
1.4
- change (money, stocks, or units in which a quantity is expressed) into others of a different kind兑换（货币、股票等）; 对…作换算。
1.5
- adapt (a building) to make it suitable for a new purpose改建（房屋）：
the company converted a disused cinema to house twelve machinists
公司改建了一个废弃的电影院作为十二个机械师的住所
as adj. converted a converted Victorian property被改建的维多利亚时代的住宅。
1.6
- Logic transpose the subject and predicate of (a proposition) according to certain rules to form a new proposition by inference【逻】使换位。
2
- with obj. score from (a penalty kick, pass, or other opportunity) in a sport or game以（罚球、传球或其他机会）得分。
2.1
- Rugby score extra points after (a try) by a successful kick at goal【英橄】在（带球触地得分）后再踢定位球得分。
2.2
- American Football advance the ball far enough after (a down) to get another try for a first down【美橄】在（一次十码进攻）后再次带球进攻。
2.3
- American Football make an extra score after (a touchdown) by kicking a goal (one point) or running another play into the end zone (two points)【美橄】在（带球触地得分）后得附加分（踢定位球得一分, 进入球门区得两分）。
/ˈkɒnvɜːt/
- a person who has been persuaded to change their religious faith or other beliefs皈依者; 被说服改变宗教信仰（或其他信仰）的人：
he is a recent convert to the Church.
他刚刚皈依基督教。
短语
convert something to one's own use
- Law wrongfully make use of another's property【律】非法挪用（他人财产）。
词源
Middle English （in the sense 'turn round, send in a different direction'）： from Old French convertir, based on Latin convertere 'turn about', from con- 'altogether' + vertere 'turn'.