numeracy

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈnjuːməɹəsi/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Numerical skill.; Competence with mathematics and with how to apply it to practical applications; sufficient ability to think critically in a quantitative way. countable,uncountable
    — John Allen Paulos and others have asked our society to consider numeracy and innumeracy in a way closer to how we view literacy and illiteracy.
  2. Numerical skill.; Ability to manipulate numbers at all, even for the simplest of arithmetic, such as adding two and two. countable,uncountable
    — The man lost all numeracy when he had a stroke, so he now depended on his wife for even the simplest financial matters, such as making change or paying a cashier.

词形变化

numeracies plural

词汇关系

相关词
numerate innumerate

词源

From numerate + -cy, from Latin numerus; coined with numerate in 1959 by the UK Committee on Education, presided over by Sir Geoffrey Crowther.
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