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illiterate

英 [ɪ'lɪt(ə)rət]美 [ɪ'lɪtərət]

adj. 文盲的；不识字的；没受教育的

n. 文盲

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中文词源

illiterate 不能读写的，文盲的

il-,不，非，literate,能读写的，有知识的。

英语词源

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).

权威例句

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.

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