illiterate
英 [ɪˈlɪt.ər.ət]
美 [ɪˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ət]
- adj. 文盲的;不识字的;没受教育的
- n. 文盲
将“illiterate”分解为“il”和“literate”。首先,“literate”意味着有文化、能读写的人。加上“il”作为前缀,它意味着否定,所以“illiterate”表示不识字、文盲。可以通过联想一个不识字的人形象来帮助记忆。
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illiterate 不能读写的,文盲的il-,不,非,literate,能读写的,有知识的。
- illiterate (adj.)
- early 15c., "uneducated, unable to read (originally of Latin)," from Latin illiteratus "unlearned, unlettered, ignorant; without culture, inelegant," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + literatus, literally "furnished with letters" (see literate). Rendered in Old English as unstæfwis. As a noun meaning "illiterate person" from 1620s. Hence, illiterati (1788).
- 1. A small but significant number of 11-year-olds are illiterate.
- 数量不多但仍有相当一部分11岁孩子是文盲。
- 2. There 50 percent or more of the population is illiterate.
- 那里50%或更多的群众是文盲.
- 3. There are still many illiterate people in our country.
- 在我国还有许多文盲.
- 4. An illiterate, later he received some schooling.
- 他原先大字不识一个, 后来接受一些学校教育.
- 5. I was an illiterate in the old society, but now I can read.
- 我这个旧社会的文盲, 今天也认字了.