Dictionary entry
illiterate person
/ɪˈlɪtərɪt ˈpɜːsn/
noun
白丁；睁眼瞎子
a person who is unable to read or write
白丁；睁眼瞎子
In use
The charity provides free literacy classes for any illiterate person in the community.
Being an illiterate person in a digital world can make daily tasks very difficult.
Many illiterate people struggle to fill out job applications without assistance.
be an illiterate person
最直接的表述方式，表示某人没有读写能力。
He is an illiterate person.
他是一个白丁。
call [sb] an illiterate person
用于提醒避免歧视性称呼。
Never call someone an illiterate person even if they cannot read.
即使某人不会读写，也绝不要称其为‘白丁’。
an illiterate person who [does sth]
用于描述文盲的某种特征或行为。
An illiterate person who cannot write may still have many skills.
一个不会写字的文盲也可能掌握许多技能。
Common mistakes
He is a illiterate person.He is an illiterate person.
“illiterate”以元音音素开头，因此不定冠词应用“an”，而非“a”。
She is an illiteracy person.She is an illiterate person.
“illiteracy”是名词，意为“文盲状态”；而修饰人应用形容词“illiterate”。
Connections
Confusing words
- uneducated person
- 未受教育的人 · 意义
Word family
- illiterate
- 不识字的；文盲的 · adj.
- illiteracy
- 文盲；不识字 · n.
- literate
- 有读写能力的；有文化的 · adj.
- literacy
- 读写能力；识字 · n.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT.