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- (of a person) able to read and write能读写的, 识字的。
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- having or showing education or knowledge, typically in a specified area（尤指在某一方面）通晓的：
we need people who are economically and politically literate.
我们需要懂经济和政治的人。
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- a literate person有文化的人。
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- dated an Anglican cleric ordained without a university degree〈旧〉无大学学位而受任圣职的人。
派生词
literately
adverb词源
late Middle English: from Latin litteratus, from littera （see LETTER）.