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 illiterate [i'litәrәt]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 文盲

a. 目不识丁的, 没受教育的




    illiterate
    [ noun ]
    1. a person unable to read

    2. <noun.person>
    [ adj ]
    1. not able to read or write

    2. <adj.all>
    3. lacking culture, especially in language and literature

    4. <adj.all>
    5. uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field

    6. <adj.all>
      she is ignorant of quantum mechanics
      he is musically illiterate


    Illiterate \Il*lit"er*ate\, a. [L. illiteratus: pref. il- not +
    literatus learned. See {In-} not, and {Literal}.]
    Unable to read or write; ignorant of letters or books;
    unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man,
    or people.

    Syn: Ignorant; untaught; unlearned; unlettered; unscholary.
    See {Ignorant}. -- {Il*lit"er*ate*ly}, adv. --
    {Il*lit"er*ate*ness}, n.

    1. Though she completed the 11th grade, she is functionally illiterate and now is studying long division and reading, trying to earn her general-equivalency diploma.
    2. He worked with ACE to develop similar programs for adults, from the illiterate to those in need of refresher courses.
    3. As soon as she arrived in Tangier in 1947, Jane, whose novel, Two Serious Ladies (1943) had given her a reputation as writer to rival her husband's, fell in love with an illiterate young Moroccan woman she discovered in the grain market.
    4. "The results show that on very basic ideas, vast numbers of Americans are scientifically illiterate," he said in a telephone interview.
    5. But the chances of a big pick up in inflation before the October 3 contest is slim and many Brazilians, including most of the 33m illiterate and semi-literate voters, may ignore the weekend's incident.
    6. Sharif is seen by many groups in Pakistan as a possible catalyst to improve conditions in Pakistan, where most of its 110 million people are landless, illiterate and earn about $400 a year.
    7. It is only relevant in the individual imaginations of the young, in its ability to communicate on behalf of the incoherent and the illiterate.
    8. But DEA agents were skeptical that the reckless, illiterate "Rafa" had acted alone.
    9. In 1985, more than 890 million adults were illiterate, more than a quarter of the adult population in Africa, according to UNESCO. The majority of the illiterates are women.
    10. Mrs. Bush was awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters for her work for the homeless, handicapped and illiterate.
    11. They cited a 1976 National Chicano Survey, which found that one-third of U.S. Hispanics between age 15 and 45 said they were illiterate in English and nearly 40 percent in Spanish.
    12. Mr Sakurauchi himself denied describing the US as Japan's sub-contractor or referring to American workers as illiterate.
    13. In some rural areas, entire villages were illiterate.
    14. More than 180 million people, or nearly 16 percent of the population, were classed illiterate or semi-literate, down from nearly 230 million at the last census in 1982.
    15. Deputy Alexei Yablokov, a biologist elected to the Congress by Moscow-based research institutes, called Ryzhkov an "ecological illiterate" at a news conference last month.
    16. Or, even if they know they cannot, they dare not admit it. But when I say someone cannot write, I am not branding them illiterate.
    17. But just by participating in BreadNet, they have helped weaken their own stereotype of eastern Kentucky as a region of illiterate hillbillies, said Slone.
    18. Improve the high school graduation rate every year by reducing the number of dropouts and the number of illiterate Americans.
    19. One of every three Macon adults is considered to be functionally illiterate, the highest rate in the nation for a city with more than 100,000 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
    20. "Fifty percent or more are illiterate, and I would say 90 percent of them don't have any idea of what they're getting into when we start out," says Hatch. "And yet within 16 weeks they're all experts.
    21. The lowest-scoring quarter of this age group, the report said, "were scientifically illiterate" with their test scores "at chance level." Tests for the high school seniors were given only to those specializing in science subjects.
    22. Li said 8.5 percent of elementary pupils and 2.65 percent of high school students left school last year and 220 million Chinese are illiterate, most of them in rural areas.
    23. The secretary told the students he is concerned that 27 million people in the United States remain illiterate and that 28 percent of the nation's students drop out.
    24. Its Executive Information Systems software has been described as 'user promiscuous' and was designed for 'the most computer illiterate board director'.
    25. "A Kosovo emigre hired me to defend his father-in-law, a poor, illiterate man in prison because of his relative's political activity abroad.
    26. Shatara, a wily, illiterate odd-job man, inspired by hashish only manages to dream of making his fortune from selling the hospital's archives.
    27. Here the average life span of the state's six million inhabitants is 42 years, close to 50% of them are illiterate and only 2% earn more than $450 a month.
    28. "Even an illiterate can understand that we can't behave like macho cats all the time.
    29. Black leaders must stop blaming whites, and white leaders must stop blaming society for unemployed and unemployable young black illiterate men.
    30. We haven't seen any sign of irregularities." Spirits ran high despite the long waits to cast ballots, which were multicolored to help the 37 percent of the 6.7 million population who are illiterate.
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