literate
adj
1 able to read and write 有读写能力的
Though nearly twenty he was barely literate. 他都快二十了, 还是睁眼瞎子. Cf 参看 numerate.
2 cultured; well-read 有文化的; 博学的
Every literate person should read this book. 凡有文化的人都该一读此书.
🔁 扩展释义
*['litәrit]n. 学者a. 有读写能力的, 精通文学的, 受过教育的
🌿 同词根单词
literaladj. 照字面的;原义的;逐字的;平实的,避免夸张;
n. [印]错排,文字上的错误;
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as shakespeare, wrote these words, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to read
At the time of his death, one person praised him as follows: Future generations, it may be, will hardly believe that such a person as this walked upon this earth.