| 单词 | literate |
| 释义 | literate (once / 668 pages) adjn If you're literate you can read and write, and since you're reading this, that's what you are. Literate can also mean more than just being able to read and write, but being really fluent in a field. If you're "computer literate," you know how to use a computer with ease. If you're up on the latest advances in science, you're "scientifically literate." If people describe you admiringly as literate, they think you're widely read and know a lot about lots of different fields. The opposite of literate is illiterate. WORD FAMILYliterate: illiterate, literacy, literately, literates, nonliterate, preliterate, semiliterate+/illiteracy: illiteracies/illiterate: illiteracy, illiterately, illiterates/literacy: literacies USAGE EXAMPLESHe called the "Ghostbusters" star "barely literate" and accused her of playing the victim when she complained about being harassed. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) A literate epic that utilizes both pageantry and splendid language, "Lion" — now digitally restored — was nominated for seven Oscars, including best picture, in 1969. Los Angeles Times(Dec 15, 2016) “Before that, I was not very literate in that world.” The New Yorker(Nov 27, 2016) 1adj able to read and write Ant illiterate not able to read or write uneducatednot having a good education analphabetic, unletteredhaving little acquaintance with writing functionally illiteratehaving reading and writing skills insufficient for ordinary practical needs preliteratenot yet having acquired the ability to read and write semiliteratebarely able to read and write semiliterateable to read but not to write 2adj versed in literature; dealing with literature Syn|Ant educated possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge) belletristicwritten and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content literaryknowledgeable about literature sophisticatedhaving or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire illiterate lacking culture, especially in language and literature 3adj knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields computer literate Syn educated possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge) 4n a person who can read and write Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper literate person Samuel Pepys English diarist whose diary contained detailed descriptions of 17th century disasters in England (1633-1703) alphabetiser, alphabetizer a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order readera person who can read; a literate person writera person who is able to write and has written something decipherera reader capable of reading and interpreting illegible or obscure text diarist, diary keeper, journalistsomeone who keeps a diary or journal map-readera person who can read maps scrawler, scribblera writer whose handwriting is careless and hard to read skimmera rapid superficial reader good speller, poor speller, spellersomeone who spells words transcribersomeone who makes a written version of spoken material transcribersomeone who rewrites in a different script individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being |
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