| 释义 |
aliteracy, n.|eɪˈlɪtərəsɪ|
[f. a- 14 + literacy n.]
Disinclination to read, despite having the ability to do so. Cf. illiteracy n.
1981Presstime Sept. 5/1 ‘Aliteracy’ might be our largest literacy problem. 1982Publishers Weekly 1 Oct. 34/1 The nation's decision-making process..is threatened by those who can read but won't, Townsend Hooper, president of the Association of American Publishers, told some 50 persons attending an ‘a-literacy’ conference. 1984Washington Post 8 Dec. a. 12/2 Illiteracy and aliteracy, described as the unwillingness to read, are the major threat to the culture of the book. 1990Times 18 Apr. 13/5 The process is due, of course, to the triumph of television, and the vast aliteracy of our time—people can read but don't. |