literate 英 [ˈlɪtərət]   美 [ˈlɪtərɪt]

literate

literate  英 [ˈlɪtərət] 美 [ˈlɪtərɪt]

adj. 受过教育的;有文化的 

名词复数:literates 

He is the most literate of the whole family. 他是全家最有文化的一个。
My grandfather wasn't even, like, literate at all. 我祖父甚至根本都不识字。

  • If you're literate you can read and write, and since you're reading this, that's what you are.
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  • adj. 受过教育的;有文化的
  • 1. He is the most literate of the whole family.

    他是全家最有文化的一个。

  • 2. My grandfather wasn't even, like, literate at all.

    我祖父甚至根本都不识字。

  • 3. A literate person can get knowledge through reading many books.

    一个受过教育的人可以通过读书而获得知识。

  • literate (adj.) "educated, instructed, having knowledge of letters," early 15c., from Latin literatus/litteratus "educated, learned, who knows the letters;" formed in imitation of Greek grammatikos from Latin littera/litera "alphabetic letter" (see letter (n.1)). By late 18c. especially "acquainted with literature." As a noun, "one who can read and write," 1894.
lit·er·ate / ˈlɪtərət ; NAmE ˈlɪtərət / adjective able to read and write 有读写能力的;有文化的 OPP illiterate see also numerate at numeracy , computer-literate literate literates lit·er·ate / ˈlɪtərət ; NAmE ˈlɪtərət /
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