| 释义 |
innumeracy|ɪˈnjuːmərəsɪ|
[f. in-3 + numeracy.]
The quality or state of being innumerate.
195915 to 18: Rep. Cent. Advisory Council for Educ. (Eng.) (Ministry of Educ.) I. xxv. 271 If his numeracy has stopped short at the usual Fifth Form level, he is in danger of relapsing into innumeracy. 1960Times Rev. Industry June 59/3 Handicap on British business was the ‘innumeracy’ of the population. 1965New Scientist 5 Aug. 348/1 The word ‘innumeracy’, to describe an intellectual disability in regard to mathematics (and, by reference, to science) has become one of the vogue words of our time. 1970Daily Tel. 22 Dec. 8 Lord Snow was complaining a decade ago about the vice of innumeracy. |