numeracy

n. 识数,计算能力

发音

UK /ˈnjuːməɹəsi/

词形变化

numeracies 复数 numeracies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Numerical skill.

    Competence with mathematics and with how to apply it to practical applications; sufficient ability to think critically in a quantitative way.

    计算能力

    可数 不可数

    John Allen Paulos and others have asked our society to consider numeracy and innumeracy in a way closer to how we view literacy and illiteracy.

    Numeracy includes such things as comprehending intuitively that a mean can sometimes be vastly different from a median and thus does not always represent a typical specimen, even despite being called "average".

  2. 2.

    Numerical skill.

    Ability to manipulate numbers at all, even for the simplest of arithmetic, such as adding two and two.

    可数 不可数

    The man lost all numeracy when he had a stroke, so he now depended on his wife for even the simplest financial matters, such as making change or paying a cashier.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 5

skill accomplishment acquisition attainment acquirement

词源

From numerate + -cy, from Latin numerus; coined with numerate in 1959 by the UK Committee on Education, presided over by Sir Geoffrey Crowther.

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