Word · Frequency #13846
illiterate
文盲
核心释义
a person who cannot read or write
- 1.
文盲;不会读写或不识字的人。
An illiterate person, one either not able to read and write or not knowing how.
- 2.
文盲;不识字的人
a person unable to read
- 3.
对某一特定主题无知的人(相关主题通常以名词修饰语标出)。
A person ignorant about a given subject. (The relevant subject is usually named as a noun adjunct.)
(某领域的)无知者;门外汉;文盲;不会读写或不识字的人。;文盲;不识字的人;对某一特定主题无知的人(相关主题通常以名词修饰语标出)。
用法In use
The government launched a program to teach illiterates how to read and write.
用法提示:名词,指不识字的人
Many illiterates in rural areas struggle to find well-paying jobs.
用法提示:名词复数形式,表示不识字的人群
As an illiterate, he had to rely on others to read official documents for him.
用法提示:单数名词,强调个体身份
an illiterate
可数名词,可用不定冠词修饰。
He is an illiterate.
他是个文盲。
illiterates
复数形式,表示多个文盲。
Many illiterates cannot find jobs.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- functional illiterate
- 功能性文盲
- Many functional illiterates struggle with official forms.许多功能性文盲难以填写官方表格。
- computer illiterate
- 电脑盲;对计算机无知的人
- She felt like a computer illiterate when her coworkers discussed programming.当同事们讨论编程时,她感觉自己是个电脑盲。
- political illiterate
- 政治盲;对政治无知的人
- He is a political illiterate; he doesn't even know who the prime minister is.他是个政治盲,连首相是谁都不知道。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- computer illiterate
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
拆成 ill(不/坏)+ literate(识字的),不识字的人就是文盲;联想一个人不会读写,如同处于糟糕状态。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:education statistics、social surveys、historical writing 作名词时通常用于正式或书面语境,指“不识字的人”;日常口语中更常说 illiterate person 或 someone who cannot read or write,直接说 an illiterate 可能显得生硬或带贬义。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
只有 literate 与 illiterate 押韵:重读元音 /ɪ/ 及之后的 /tərət/ 相同。注意形近词:ill、illicit、illogical 都以 ill 开头但发音不同;obliterate 带相同的拼写 -literate,但结尾读 /eɪt/;moderate 只在拼写上共享 -erate,并不押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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