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Illiterate Describe Person Read Unique Unable Adj 形容词

英语单词 illiterate
英美音标 英 [ɪ'lɪtərət] 美 [ɪ'lɪtərət]
中文释义 adj.文盲的;无知的
n.文盲
英语例句 (1) Dr. Andrew Sneddon is particularly excited by what has been found as it gives a unique insight into the lives of the working but illiterate inhabitants of the city.
(2) The lateral elite is literally illiterate.
(3) I can confirm that you are illiterate in English!
中文例句 (1) 安德鲁斯内登博士对于发现到的事物感到非常兴奋,因为可以深入的了解到这城市劳动但文盲的居民生活。
(2) 边上的杰出人物简直是文盲。
(3) 我能确定你是个英语文盲!
vocabulary简明 You can describe a person unable to read or write as illiterate. Karaoke, which involves singing out the words to songs as they scroll across a big screen, requires the ability to read. If you’re illiterate, you won’t be able to participate.
vocabulary扩展 Illiterate, from the Latin illiteratus “unlearned, ignorant,” can describe someone unable to read or write, but it can also imply that a person lacks cultural awareness. However, Walt Whitman saw a unique beauty to illiteracy: “There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.”
柯林斯解释
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[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。

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