il·lit·er·ate
adjective/ɪˈlɪtərət/
/ɪˈlɪtərət/
- (of a person) not knowing how to read or write
不会读写的；不识字的；文盲的 - A large percentage of the rural population was illiterate.
农村人口中，文盲占很大的比例。
Extra Examples- Being illiterate, my grandfather signed the document with an ‘X’.
由于我祖父不识字，所以在文件上签了一个“X”。 - In a mainly illiterate society, traditions were passed down orally.
在一个以文盲为主的社会，传统是通过口头传承的。 - Ordinary members of the clergy were largely illiterate.
普通神职人员大多是文盲。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- completely
- totally
- almost
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- A large percentage of the rural population was illiterate.
- (of a document or letter) badly written, as if by somebody without much education
行文拙劣的；不通顺的 - Many of the application forms we received were virtually illiterate.
我们收到的很多申请表简直不知所云。 - That morning I received a somewhat illiterate letter from my client.
那天早上，我收到了一封来自我的客户的有点文盲的信。
- Many of the application forms we received were virtually illiterate.
- (usually after a noun or adverb) not knowing very much about a particular subject area
（对某学科）了解不多的，外行的 - computer illiterate
计算机盲 - musically illiterate
音乐盲 - The population was politically illiterate and easily manipulated.
民众在政治上是文盲，很容易被操纵。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- completely
- totally
- almost
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- computer illiterate
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin illitteratus, from in- ‘not’ + litteratus, from littera ‘letter of the alphabet’, (plural) ‘epistle, literature, culture’.