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).
例文
1. Currency- conversion costs remain one of the biggest obstacles to cross-border trade.
通貨換算コストは依然としてクロスボーダー貿易の最大の障害の1つである。
2.These are the people who are doing our loft conversion for us.
彼らは私たちのために屋根裏部屋を改造している。
3.It is always worth having a loft conversion costed out.
屋根裏部屋のリフォーム費用を見積もる必要があります。
4.It 's hard to trust the President 's conversion .
大統領信仰の変化は信じられない。
5.the conversion of farm buildings into family homes