illiterate英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

An illiterate person, one either not able to read and write or not knowing how.

— We might also provide education plus reading and writing services to adult illiterates.
A person ignorant about a given subject. (The relevant subject is usually named as a noun adjunct.)

— Their government is run by business illiterates.

形容词 adj.

Unable to read and write.

— About half of the population in Ethiopia is illiterate.
Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.

— Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country : and people of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents ; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are.
Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.

— Now (exc. in Nautical language, see b) it is only dialectal or an illiterate substitute for lie, its identity of form with the past tense of the latter no doubt accounting largely for the confusion.
Ignorant in a specified way or about a specified subject.

— technologically illiterate, economically illiterate, emotionally illiterate

词形变化

more illiterate comparative most illiterate superlative illitterate alternative,obsolete illiterates plural illitterate alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词

analphabetic ignorant uncharactered unlettered analphabet

反义词

literate

衍生词

computer illiterate e-illiterate illiteracy illiterately illiterateness nonilliterate

词源

词源 1

First attested in 1425–1475, in Middle English; from Middle English illiterat(e) (“uneducated, ignorant of Latin”), borrowed from Latin illīterātus, illitterātus (“unlearned, ignorant”), itself from in- (“un-”) + līterātus, litterātus (“furnished with letters”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from lītera, littera (“letter, character”). The noun was derived from the adjective by substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

词源 2

First attested in 1425–1475, in Middle English; from Middle English illiterat(e) (“uneducated, ignorant of Latin”), borrowed from Latin illīterātus, illitterātus (“unlearned, ignorant”), itself from in- (“un-”) + līterātus, litterātus (“furnished with letters”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from lītera, littera (“letter, character”). The noun was derived from the adjective by substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).