| 单词 | illiteracy |
| 释义 | illiteracy (once / 7112 pages) n Illiteracy is the inability to read. You can help someone overcome illiteracy by reading together, or even by sharing your knowledge of vocabulary. The word literacy means “the ability to read.” By adding the prefix il-, you change the meaning of the word to its opposite. Illiteracy can refer not only to the inability to read but also to a lack of knowledge in other subject areas. If you’ve never heard of Shakespeare, some people might consider you culturally illiterate. WORD FAMILYilliteracy: illiteracies+/illiterate: illiteracy, illiterately, illiterates/literacy: literacies/literate: illiterate, literacy, literately, literates, nonliterate, preliterate, semiliterate USAGE EXAMPLESThat includes infant mortality, opiate addiction, illiteracy and unemployment. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) Instead, savvy cultural leaders, businessmen, preachers and citizens built philanthropic groups that targeted everything from illiteracy to poverty to moral decay. Wall Street Journal(Dec 15, 2016) In 1961, two years after Castro’s revolution won power, the new Cuban government launched an ambitious campaign to stamp out illiteracy. Seattle Times(Nov 28, 2016) 1n an inability to read Syn|Ant|Hyper analphabetism literacy the ability to read and write inability lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something 2n ignorance resulting from not reading Hyper ignorance the lack of knowledge or education |
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