illiterate 音標拼音: [ɪl'ɪtɚət]
n . 文盲
a . 目不識丁的,沒受教育的
文盲目不識丁的,沒受教育的
illiterate adj 1 :
not able to read or write [
ant : {
literate }]
2 :
uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning ;
lacking knowledge of a specific field ; "
she is ignorant of quantum mechanics "; "
he is musically illiterate "
[
synonym : {
ignorant }, {
illiterate }]
3 :
lacking culture ,
especially in language and literature [
ant :
{
literate }]
n 1 :
a person unable to read [
synonym : {
illiterate }, {
illiterate person }, {
nonreader }]
Illiterate \
Il *
lit "
er *
ate \,
a . [
L .
illiteratus :
pref .
il -
not literatus learned .
See {
In -}
not ,
and {
Literal }.]
Unable to read or write ;
ignorant of letters or books ;
unlettered ;
uninstructed ;
uneducated ;
as ,
an illiterate man ,
or people .
Syn :
Ignorant ;
untaught ;
unlearned ;
unlettered ;
unscholary .
See {
Ignorant }. -- {
Il *
lit "
er *
ate *
ly },
adv . --
{
Il *
lit "
er *
ate *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "
illiterate ":
Gothic ,
Philistine ,
barbarous ,
benighted ,
bookless ,
dabbler ,
deceived ,
dilettante ,
dunce ,
empty -
headed ,
fool ,
functionally illiterate ,
grammarless ,
greenhorn ,
greeny ,
heathen ,
hoodwinked ,
ignoramus ,
ignorant ,
ill -
educated ,
illiterati ,
know -
nothing ,
led astray ,
lowbrow ,
middlebrow ,
misinformed ,
misinstructed ,
mistaught ,
no scholar ,
nonintellectual ,
pagan ,
puddinghead ,
rude ,
tenderfoot ,
unbooked ,
unbookish ,
unbooklearned ,
unbriefed ,
uncultivated ,
uncultured ,
unedified ,
uneducated ,
unenlightened ,
unerudite ,
unguided ,
uninstructed ,
unintellectual ,
unintelligentsia ,
unlearned ,
unlettered ,
unliterary ,
unread ,
unrefined ,
unscholarly ,
unschooled ,
unstudious ,
untaught ,
untutored ILLITERATE .
This term is applied to one unacquainted with letters .
2 .
When an ignorant man ,
unable to read ,
signs a deed or agreement ,
or makes his mark instead of a signature ,
and he alleges ,
and can provide that it was falsely read to him ,
he is not bound by it ,
in consequence of the fraud .
And the same effect would result ,
if the deed or agreement were falsely read to a blind man ,
who could have read before he lost his sight ,
or to a foreigner who did not understand the language .
For a plea of "
laymen and unlettered ,"
see Bauer v .
Roth ,
4 Rawle ,
Rep .
85 and pp .
94 ,
95 .
3 .
To induce an illiterate man ,
by false representations and false reading ,
to sign a note for a greater amount than that agreed on ,
is indictable as a cheat .
1 Yerg .
76 .
Vide ,
generally ,
2 Nels .
Ab .
946 ;
2 Co .
3 ;
11 Co .
28 ;
Moor ,
148 .
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ILLITERATE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster When used specifically, it refers to the inability to read or write In a more general sense, illiterate may signify a lack of familiarity with some body of knowledge (as in being "musically illiterate") or indicate a lack of competence in or familiarity with literature
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Illiterate - definition of illiterate by The Free Dictionary illiterate unable to read and write; having little or no formal education: He has a lot of native intelligence but he is illiterate
Illiterate - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com If you’re illiterate, you won’t be able to participate Illiterate, from the Latin illiteratus “unlearned, ignorant,” can describe someone unable to read or write, but it can also imply that a person lacks cultural awareness
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