converse

converse1
verb
  1. [no obj.]engage in conversation
    谈话，交谈
    she was withdrawn and preoccupied, hardly able to converse with her mother.
    她性格内向，心事重重，几乎没法和母亲交流。
noun
  1. [mass noun](archaic)conversation
    (古)谈话，交谈
派生
converser
noun
语源
  1. late 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
[ˈkɒnvəːs]
noun
  1. a situation, object, or statement that is the reverse of another or corresponds to it but with certain terms transposed
    （情况、物体或陈述）相反的，颠倒的，逆向的
    if spirituality is properly political, the converse is also true: politics is properly spiritual.
    如果说精神性实际上是政治的，那么反过来说也正确： 政治实际上是精神性的。
    ■(Mathematics)a theorem whose hypothesis and conclusion are the conclusion and hypothesis of another
    (数)逆命题
adjective
  1. having characteristics which are the reverse of something else already mentioned
    （与所提事物特性）相反的，相对的
    the only mode of change will be the slow process of growth and the converse process of decay.
    变化的唯一方式将是缓慢的发展过程以及与之相反的衰退过程。
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Latin conversus 'turned about', past participle of convertere (see convert)
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