illiterate adj. 1.不識(shí)字的,未受教育的,文盲的。 2.缺乏語(yǔ)言[文學(xué)]方面知識(shí)的。 3.語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤的。 an illiterate letter 語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤百出的信。 n. 失學(xué)者,文盲。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
A recent usa today article reported that 90 million americans are functionally illiterate 最近《今日美國(guó)》有一篇文章報(bào)道說(shuō),有九千萬(wàn)美國(guó)人是半文盲。
Even in the wealthiest countries with universal education, many people are functionally illiterate 甚至在實(shí)施普及教育的最富有國(guó)家,許多人在文字應(yīng)用能力上還是文盲。
Go into any prison or hospital, and you will find a disproportionate number of people who are functionally illiterate 只要到任何監(jiān)獄或醫(yī)院,你就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)功能性文盲的人不成比例的多。
Up to 50 % of prisoners on release cannot read or write well enough to hold down a job, and up to 85 % of young offenders are functionally illiterate 多達(dá)50%的犯人在釋放之后不能閱讀或書寫一份足以申請(qǐng)工作的信函,并且多達(dá)85%的年輕罪犯者是機(jī)能上的文盲。
As an author, i am naturally concerned that a surprisingly large percentage of the population of the united states is functionally illiterate; if they can't read or cannot understand what they read, they won't buy books, or this magazine 我作為一名作家,自然地要關(guān)心在美國(guó)人口中驚人比例的實(shí)用文盲,如果他們不能讀或不能理解他們所讀內(nèi)容,他們就不會(huì)買書或是雜志。