conversion

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CET6TEM4CET4IELTS考研TOEFL中低频词常用词汇

复数: conversions;

1、con- "together" + vert- + -ion.
2、含义：turn around, transform.
3、con-: together, 表示整个、完全、一起的转变。
4、动词convert的名词形式。noun of action from convert.

conversion 转换，转化

con-, 强调。-verse, 转，词源同introvert, versus.指转换的，转变的。

conversion (n.): mid-14c., originally of religion, from French conversion, from Latin conversionem (nominative conversatio), noun of action from past participle stem of convertere (see convert (v.)). General sense of "transformation" is early 15c. Of buildings, from 1921. Conversion disorder "hysteria" (attested from 1946 but said to have been coined by Freud) was in DSM-IV (1994).

1. Currency-conversion costs remain one of the biggest obstacles to cross-border trade.: 货币兑换成本仍是跨境贸易的最大障碍之一。

2. These are the people who are doing our loft conversion for us.: 就是这些人在为我们改造阁楼。

3. It is always worth having a loft conversion costed out.: 估算一下改建阁楼的费用总是很有必要的。