Literate ˈlɪtərət Read Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Describe People Lit·Er·Ate
This flashcard defines "literate" as an adjective meaning "able to read and write," also indicating it can mean "well-educated" or "knowledgeable" in a specific subject, with "illiterate" as its opposite.
This flashcard defines "literate" as an adjective meaning "able to read and write," also indicating it can mean "well-educated" or "knowledgeable" in a specific subject, with "illiterate" as its opposite.
[ADJ 形容词]有读写能力的 Someone who is literate is able to read and write.
Over one-quarter of the adult population are not fully literate.
四分之一以上的成年人不具备完全的读写能力。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]受过良好教育的;(尤指)有文化修养的 If you describe someone as literate, you mean that they are intelligent and well-educated, especially about literature and the arts.
[approval]
Scientists should be literate and articulate as well as able to handle figures...
科学家除了要能处理数字,还应该具有文学素养和善于表达。
His lyrics are highly literate. He even quotes Voltaire.
他的歌词体现了高度的文化修养。他甚至还引用了伏尔泰。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]See also:
computer-literate
;熟练的;通晓的 If you describe someone as literate in a particular subject, especially one that many people do not know anything about, you mean that they have a good knowledge and understanding of that subject.
[usu adv ADJ]
Head teachers need to be financially literate...
校长需要通晓财政。
We want to have more scientifically literate people running our television stations.
我们想增加一些通晓科学的人手来运作电视台。
Oxford
lit·er·ate/ˈlɪtərət; NAmEˈlɪtərət/adjectiveable to read and write 有读写能力的;有文化的OPP
1able to read and writeOPP illiterate → numerate2computer literate/musically literate etc able to use computers, understand and play music etc3well educated