illiterate

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n. 文盲 a. 目不识丁的, 没受教育的

发音

US /ɪˈlɪtəɹət/

词形变化

illiterates 复数 illiterates more illiterate 比较级 most illiterate 最高级

别名

illitterate

教材释义与例句

名词

文盲

形容词

文盲的;不识字的;没受教育的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An illiterate person, one either not able to read and write or not knowing how.

    文盲

    青盲牛

    亮眼瞎子

  2. 2.

    A person ignorant about a given subject. (The relevant subject is usually named as a noun adjunct.)

    Their government is run by business illiterates.

    Sometimes a mathematical illiterate is called an innumerate.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Unable to read and write.

    文盲

    About half of the population in Ethiopia is illiterate.

  2. 2.

    Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.

  3. 3.

    Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.

  4. 4.

    Ignorant in a specified way or about a specified subject.

    technologically illiterate, economically illiterate, emotionally illiterate

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词源

First attested in 1425–1475, in Middle English; from Middle English illiterat(e) (“uneducated, ignorant of Latin”), borrowed from Latin illīterātus, illitterātus (“unlearned, ignorant”), itself from in- (“un-”) + līterātus, litterātus (“furnished with letters”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from lītera, littera (“letter, character”). The noun was derived from the adjective by substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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