| 单词 | literate |
| 释义 | literate (lɪtərət ) 1. adjective Someone who is literate is able to read and write. Over one-quarter of the adult population are not fully literate. 2. adjective If you describe someone as literate, you mean that they are intelligent and well-educated, especially about literature and the arts. [approval] Scientists should be literate and articulate as well as able to handle figures. His lyrics are highly literate. He even quotes Voltaire. Synonyms: educated, lettered, learned, cultured 3. adjective [usually adverb ADJECTIVE] If you describe someone as literate in a particular subject, especially one that many people do not know anything about, you mean that they have a good knowledge and understanding of that subject. Head teachers need to be financially literate. We want to have more scientifically literate people running our television stations. 4. See also computer-literate Collocations: literate population Another important development was the popularization of science among an increasingly literate population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It produced 75% of the world's teak and had a highly literate population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are a very literate population with most families educated to university level. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He envisioned a federal republic based in pastoralism, but also featuring a strong system of education and a literate population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The introduction of private schools was an attempt by the government to increase the number of literate population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We know a surprising amount about life in those days, in part because this was a highly literate society that kept and preserved copious records. The Times Literary Supplement That means transforming what only 80 years ago was a medieval kingdom into a technologically literate society. Times, Sunday Times An ecologically literate society would be a sustainable society which did not destroy the natural environment on which they depend. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It signals a belief that, in literate society, young childreneven one- and two-year oldsare in the process of becoming literate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nineteenth-century historians had been applying the techniques of philology to reconstruct the histories of, and relationships between, literate societies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He argued that scientists should be conversant with literature, art and music, while non-scientists should aim to become more scientifically literate. Times, Sunday Times If we are to benefit from science, we need scientifically literate citizens, otherwise our political representatives may make unwise decisions. Times, Sunday Times Because of an inadequate education system the public are no more scientifically literate today than they were 50 years ago and consequently unable to rationalise these arguments. Times, Sunday Times The school was founded with the aim of producing scientifically literate graduates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In an age hungry for adventure, but not yet totally scientifically literate, this was the best way to attract the largest possible group of interested readers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What about all the older, less technologically literate, people? Times, Sunday Times We are now defined as either technologically literate or illiterate: those who get it and those who do not. Times, Sunday Times That means transforming what only 80 years ago was a medieval kingdom into a technologically literate society. Times, Sunday Times Fortunately, some business schools have members of staff who are not just technologically literate but can respond creatively to students' needs. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 能读会写的 Japanese: 読み書きができる |
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