illiterate

adjective

/ɪˈlɪtərət/

(of a person人) not knowing how to read or write不会读写的；不识字的；文盲的
- A large percentage of the rural population was illiterate.农村人口中，文盲占很大的比例。
opposite literate
- Being illiterate, my grandfather signed the document with an ‘X’.由于不识字，我祖父在文件上签了一个“X”。
- In a mainly illiterate society, traditions were passed down orally.在一个以文盲为主的社会，传统是口头流传下来的。
- Ordinary members of the clergy were largely illiterate.普通神职人员大多是文盲。
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(of a document or letter文件或信函) badly written, as if by somebody without much education行文拙劣的；不通顺的
- Many of the application forms we received were virtually illiterate.我们收到的很多申请表简直不知所云。
- That morning I received a somewhat illiterate letter from my client.那天早上，我收到了一封来自我客户的有点不识字的信。
(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
- The population was politically illiterate and easily manipulated.人口是政治文盲，容易被操纵。
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词源late Middle English: from Latin illitteratus, from in- ‘not’ + litteratus, from littera ‘letter of the alphabet’, (plural) ‘epistle, literature, culture’.

词汇	illiterate
释义	illiterate adjective /ɪˈlɪtərət/ /ɪˈlɪtərət/ (of a person人) not knowing how to read or write不会读写的；不识字的；文盲的 A large percentage of the rural population was illiterate.农村人口中，文盲占很大的比例。 opposite literate Being illiterate, my grandfather signed the document with an ‘X’.由于不识字，我祖父在文件上签了一个“X”。 In a mainly illiterate society, traditions were passed down orally.在一个以文盲为主的社会，传统是口头流传下来的。 Ordinary members of the clergy were largely illiterate.普通神职人员大多是文盲。 Collocations Dictionaryverbs be adverb completely totally almost … (of a document or letter文件或信函) badly written, as if by somebody without much education行文拙劣的；不通顺的 Many of the application forms we received were virtually illiterate.我们收到的很多申请表简直不知所云。 That morning I received a somewhat illiterate letter from my client.那天早上，我收到了一封来自我客户的有点不识字的信。 (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 The population was politically illiterate and easily manipulated.人口是政治文盲，容易被操纵。 Collocations Dictionaryverbs be adverb completely totally almost … 词源late Middle English: from Latin illitteratus, from in- ‘not’ + litteratus, from littera ‘letter of the alphabet’, (plural) ‘epistle, literature, culture’. illiterate noun /ɪˈlɪtərət/ /ɪˈlɪtərət/ a person who is illiterate文盲；无知识的人词源late Middle English: from Latin illitteratus, from in- ‘not’ + litteratus, from littera ‘letter of the alphabet’, (plural) ‘epistle, literature, culture’.
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