illiterate

英 [ɪ'lɪtərət] 美 [ɪ'lɪtərət]

• adj. 文盲的；无知的
• n. 文盲

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person unable to read

Adjective:

1. not able to read or write

2. uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field;

   "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"
   "he is musically illiterate"
   

3. lacking culture, especially in language and literature

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

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.
   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。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The lateral elite is literally illiterate.
   边上的杰出人物简直是文盲。
2. I can confirm that you are illiterate in English!
   我能确定你是个英语文盲！

经典引文

• Certain letters...were in an illiterate handwriting.

  出自： Conan Doyle

• He married an illiterate girlsshe could not write her own name.

  出自： R. Gittings

• My grandmother was illiterate and had to have the evening newspaper read out to her.

  出自： A. Burgess

词汇搭配

• functional illiterate 职业上的文盲...
• illiterate population 未受教育的人口...

词义辨析

ignorant，illiterate

• 这两个形容词均可表示“无知的”之意。
• ignorant指一般的无知或指不知道某个具体的事。
• illiterate指不识字的或没有文化的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• ignorant 无知的
• uneducated 没受教育的
• uncultured 未受教育的
• unlearned 无学问的
• uninformed 未得到通知的...
• untaught 未受教育的、无知的、自然...
• unschooled 未受学校教育的...
• untrained 未受过训练的...
• nonreader 无法阅读的人...

【反义词】

• literate 识字的人