functional illiteracy
noun[U]
educationmainlyUSspecializeduk/ˌfʌŋk.ʃən.əl ɪˈlɪt.ər.ə.si/us/ˌfʌŋk.ʃən.əl ɪˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ə.si/theconditionof not beingabletoreador write well enough to do things that areneededforlivingandworkinginsociety:
功能性文盲的情况；半文盲的比例There's a highrateoffunctionalilliteracyhere.这个地方功能性文盲比例很高。
Levels offunctionalilliteracyare arounddoublethose in othercities.功能性文盲的情况是其他城市的两倍左右。
See
functional illiterate
- Themajorcauseof thesestudents'difficultieswasfunctionalilliteracy.
- There arehugepocketsoffunctionalilliteracyin theadultpopulation.
- Thefunctionalilliteracyrateinourareais 52percent.
- Functionalilliteracyisdistinguishedfrompureilliteracy, where someone cannotreador write at all.
Inability and awkwardness
- accident-prone
- adorkable
- all thumbsidiom
- amateurish
- amateurishly
- for toffeeidiom
- fumble
- gauche
- geek
- ham-fisted
- jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
- klutzy
- like a bull in a china shopidiom
- lost
- lubber
- unable
- uncoordinated
- uneducable
- unenterprising
- unequal