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converse1

verb
🔊/kənˈvɜːs/
🔊/kənˈvɜːrs/
[intransitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they converse
🔊/kənˈvɜːs/
🔊/kənˈvɜːrs/
he / she / it converses
🔊/kənˈvɜːsɪz/
🔊/kənˈvɜːrsɪz/
past simple conversed
🔊/kənˈvɜːst/
🔊/kənˈvɜːrst/
past participle conversed
🔊/kənˈvɜːst/
🔊/kənˈvɜːrst/
-ing form conversing
🔊/kənˈvɜːsɪŋ/
🔊/kənˈvɜːrsɪŋ/
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  1. converse (with somebody) to have a conversation with somebody交谈；谈话
    • She conversed with the Romanians in French.她用法语与罗马尼亚人交谈。
    • The two men were conversing on music and opera.这两个人正在谈论音乐和歌剧。
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘live among, be familiar with’): from Old French converser, from Latin conversari ‘keep company (with)’, from con- ‘with’ + versare, frequentative of vertere ‘to turn’. The current sense of the verb dates from the early 17th cent.

converse2

adjective
🔊/ˈkɒnvɜːs/
🔊/ˈkɑːnvɜːrs/
(formal)
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  1. (of a fact or statement) opposite相反的事物；（事实或陈述的）反面
    • the converse effect相反的效果

converse2

noun
🔊/ˈkɒnvɜːs/
🔊/ˈkɑːnvɜːrs/
the converse
[singular] (formal)
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  1. the opposite of a fact or statement相反的事物；（事实或陈述的）反面
    • Building new roads increases traffic and the converse is equally true: reducing the number and size of roads means less traffic.修筑新的道路会增加交通流量，反过来也是同样的道理：减少道路的数量和规模就意味着减少交通流量。🔊🔊
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin conversus ‘turned about’, past participle of convertere, from con- ‘altogether’ + vertere ‘turn’.