unlettered + noun
The unlettered villagers had no access to formal education.
那些未受教育的村民没有接受正规教育的机会。
未受教育的；不识字的
无字母的；未标字母的；未受教育的；不识字的；不能阅读的。；未用字母表达的；未标字母的；无学问的
Not educated or well-read; unable to read.
未受教育的；不识字的；不能阅读的。
Not instructed in letters; not educated, not well-read; unable to read.
未用字母表达的；未标字母的
Not expressed in or marked with letters.
Although he was unlettered, he knew more about local plants than any scientist.
尽管他没受过教育，他比任何科学家都更了解当地的植物。
用法提示：unlettered 作表语，表示“未受教育的”，描述主语的状态。
Many unlettered workers in the region learned to read only through evening classes.
该地区许多不识字的工人只能通过夜校学会阅读。
用法提示：unlettered 作定语修饰 workers，表示“不识字的”。
She felt unlettered next to her well-read colleagues.
在博览群书的同事面前，她感到自己没受过多少教育。
用法提示：unlettered 作表语，表示“未受教育的”，与 well-read 形成对比。
The unlettered villagers had no access to formal education.
那些未受教育的村民没有接受正规教育的机会。
unlettered 比 illiterate 更正式，且侧重缺乏书本知识。
Many people in that region are unlettered.
那个地区的许多人都是文盲。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is an unlettered.
正确表达He is unlettered.
“unlettered”是形容词，不能用作名词，前面不能加不定冠词“an”。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is unlettered in history.
正确表达She is unlettered.
“unlettered”通常不搭配介词“in”表示特定领域，指总体缺乏教育。
unlettered侧重于缺乏教育或学问，不一定完全文盲；而illiterate特指不识字或无法读写。
unlettered常指缺乏书本知识或文学修养，而uneducated更泛指缺乏正式教育。
unlettered指缺乏文化教育，而ignorant指缺乏知识或意识，范围更广。
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