The word "illiterate" is an adjective meaning someone who cannot read or write. It can also describe someone who is ignorant about a specific subject, such as technology or music.
The word "illiterate" is an adjective meaning someone who cannot read or write. It can also describe someone who is ignorant about a specific subject, such as technology or music.
[ADJ 形容词]文盲的;不会读写的 Someone who is illiterate does not know how to read or write.
A large percentage of the population is illiterate.
文盲人口占有相当高的比例。
An illiterate is someone who is illiterate.文盲
...an educational centre for illiterates.
扫盲中心
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[ADJ 形容词](音乐、科技、经济上)知之甚少的,接近无知的 If you describe someone as musically, technologically, or economically illiterate, you mean that they do not know much about music, technology, or economics.
[usu adv ADJ]
Many senior managers are technologically illiterate.
许多高级经理都对技术知之甚少。
Oxford
il·lit·er·ate/ɪˈlɪtərət; NAmEɪˈlɪtərət/
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noun
illiterateilliteratesadjective1(of a person 人)not knowing how to read or write 不会读写的;不识字的;文盲的OPP
literate
2(of a document or letter 文件或信函)badly written, as if by sb without much education 行文拙劣的;不通顺的3( usually after a noun or adverb 通常在名词或副词之后) not knowing very much about a particular subject area (对某学科)了解不多的,外行的◆computer illiterate计算机盲◆musically illiterate音乐盲▶il·lit·er·acy/ɪˈlɪtərəsi; NAmEɪˈlɪtərəsi/noun[uncountable ]nouna person who is illiterate文盲;无知识的人il·lit·er·ate/ɪˈlɪtərət; NAmEɪˈlɪtərət/il·lit·er·acy/ɪˈlɪtərəsi; NAmEɪˈlɪtərəsi/
LDC
illiterate1 adjective
illiterate2 noun
illiterateil‧lit‧e‧rate1 /ɪˈlɪtərət/ adjective
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1someone who is illiterate has not learned to read or write2badly written, in an uneducated way: It was an illiterate letter, full of mistakes.3economically/politically/scientifically etc illiterate knowing very little about economics, politics etc—illiteracy noun [uncountable]
illiterate1 adjective
illiterate2 noun
illiterateilliterate2 noun [countable]
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someone who has not learned to read or write
WDF
illiterate
[ɪˈlɪtərət]
CET6TEM4考研GRETOEFLIELTS
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文盲(85%),文盲的(12%),无知的(3%)
n.文盲
adj.文盲的;不识字的;没受教育的
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