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单词 illiterate
释义
illiterate
adjective
uk
/ɪˈlɪt.ər.ət/us
/ɪˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ət/
C2
unabletoreadand write:
文盲的，不会读写的
Asurprisingpercentageof thepopulationis illiterate.人口中文盲的比例令人吃惊。
Compare
innumerate
knowinglittle or nothing about aparticularsubject:
（对某专题）所知甚少的，外行的
computerilliterate对计算机所知甚少的
financially/technologicallyilliterate对金融／技术所知甚少的
Synonyms
benightedliterary
cluelessinformal
ignorant
unenlightened
uninformed
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unaware
  • be in the darkidiom
  • be on another planetidiom
  • benighted
  • blind spot
  • blindly
  • blindness
  • foggy
  • Goodness/God/Heaven/Christ knowsidiom
  • in blissful ignoranceidiom
  • innumeracy
  • innumerate
  • insensate
  • lost
  • misunderstand
  • stump
  • unacquainted
  • unattuned
  • unawakened
  • unaware
  • unawareness
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illiteracy
illiterate
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈlɪt.ər.ət/us
/ɪˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ət/
someone who is illiterate
文盲
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unaware
  • be in the darkidiom
  • be on another planetidiom
  • benighted
  • blind spot
  • blindly
  • blindness
  • foggy
  • Goodness/God/Heaven/Christ knowsidiom
  • in blissful ignoranceidiom
  • innumeracy
  • innumerate
  • insensate
  • lost
  • misunderstand
  • stump
  • unacquainted
  • unattuned
  • unawakened
  • unaware
  • unawareness
See more results »
(Definition ofilliteratefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

illiterate| American Dictionary

illiterate
adjective
us
/ɪˈlɪt̬·ər·ət/
notknowinghow toreadand write

illiteracy

noun[U]us
/ɪˈlɪt̬·ə·rə·si/
(Definition ofilliteratefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

illiterate| Business English

illiterate
adjective
uk
/ɪˈlɪtərət/us
unabletoreadand write:
More thanhalfof the country'spopulationof 8m are illiterate.
knowinglittle or nothing about aparticularsubject:
to becomputerilliterate
economically/financially/technologicallyilliterate
Compare
literate
(Definition ofilliteratefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofilliterate

illiterate
Why do we respond as if we are scientific illiterates on any new aspect of this area?
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The proportion of illiterates in this particular intake was much greater than the general average of all such recruits joining at primary training centres.
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I heard this morning about one local education authority operating a course for adult illiterates.
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There are now 100 million more adult illiterates than there were 20 years ago.
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When did this country ever deny to illiterates the right to vote?
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They should not expect of illiterates work that they cannot do, and thus deprive them of their livelihood.
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We have 3 million adult illiterates in this country, which is a fairly sombre commentary on the system as a whole.
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We do not sit there as illiterates; we try to administer the law and attempt to listen very carefully to everything that is said.
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If we are not very careful we shall churn out thousands of computer literates but illiterates in the full sense of the word.
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Two-thirds of the world's 800 million illiterates are women.
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Most illiterates are women, because they are not recognized as having the right of access to education.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The grammar is wrong and the text is written for illiterates.
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He taught the illiterates to read; he taught those with a better equipment foreign languages.
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The percentage of illiterates has increased very largely, and there has also been a decline in the physical health of the youths joining.
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We have announced the provision of £1 million for classes for adult illiterates throughout the country.
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