converse
converse 英 [kənˈvɜ:s] 美 [kənˈvɜrs]
adj. 相反的，逆向的 n. 相反，逆向；倒；相反的事物
进行时:conversing 过去式:conversed 过去分词:conversed 第三人称单数:converses 名词复数:converses
- Converse is a more formal way of saying "carry on a conversation." You could converse with your best friend for hours over lunch, but continue the chit-chat through the afternoon matinee and you might get shushed.
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- adj. 相反的，逆向的
- n. 相反，逆向；倒；相反的事物
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1. the converse effect
相反的效果
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2. Building new roads increases traffic and the converse is equally true
修筑新的道路会增加交通流量，反过来也是同样的道理
- converse (adj.) "turned about, transposed, reciprocal," 1560s, originally mathematical, from Latin conversus "turned around," past participle of convertere "to turn about, turn around, transform," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + vertere "to turn" (from PIE root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend"). From 1794 as "opposite or contrary in direction." Related: Conversely.
- converse (n.1) 1550s, originally in mathematics, from converse (adj.). From 1786 as "thing or action that is the exact opposite of another." As an example, Century Dictionary gives "the hollows in a mold in which a medal has been cast are the converse of the parts of the medal in relief." Chaucer has in convers, apparently meaning "on the other side."
- converse (n.2) c. 1500, "acquaintance by frequent or customary intercourse," from converse (v.). From 1610s as "conversation, familiar discourse."
- converse (v.) mid-14c., "to move about, live, dwell; live or behave in a certain way" (senses now obsolete), from Old French and French converser "to talk, open communication between," also "to live, dwell, inhabit, reside" (12c.), and directly from Latin conversari "to live, dwell, live with, keep company with," passive voice of conversare, literally "to turn round with," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + versare, frequentative of vertere "to turn" (from PIE root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend").
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