| 单词 | unlettered |
| 释义 | unlettered (once / 7655 pages) adj Someone who's unlettered hasn't read many books or spent much time in school. Your unlettered cousin might not understand the Shakespearean quotes you like to throw into conversation. Use the adjective unlettered to describe a person who is uneducated or ignorant. In countries where it's difficult for girls to get an education, women end up being unlettered. It's generally harder to get a good paying job when you're unlettered. Unlettered is an anglicized form of the word illiterate, and its root is the Latin litteræ, which means "literature or books," and also "learning or schooling." WORD FAMILYlettered: unlettered+/letter: lettered, letterer, lettering, letters/letterer: letterers/lettering: letterings USAGE EXAMPLESBeginning with his first major publication, in 1751, Rousseau, too, defended unlettered folk and their simple ways. The New Yorker(Nov 14, 2016) Would a loving supreme being want the truth of religion to be plain even to unlettered people, in the simplest possible vernacular? Economist(Sep 08, 2016) He took contemporary stereotypes of African-Americans — that they are inferior, unlettered, comic and dependent — and turned them upside down. New York Times(Aug 02, 2016) 1adj having little acquaintance with writing special tutorials to assist the unlettered sector of society Syn analphabetic illiterate not able to read or write 2adj uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions Syn ignorant, nescient, unlearned uneducated not having a good education |
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