| 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 | 1 [ADJ 形容词]文盲的;不会读写的 Someone who is illiterate does not know how to read or write.
2 [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]
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