• adj. 受過教育的；精通文學(xué)的
• n. 學(xué)者

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)litera,書寫，字母，詞源同letter.引申詞義有讀寫能力的。

literate (adj.)

"educated, instructed," early 15c., from Latin literatus/litteratus "educated, learned," literally "one who knows the letters," formed in imitation of Greek grammatikos from Latin littera/litera "letter" (see letter (n.1)).

1. His lyrics are highly literate. He even quotes Voltaire.

他的歌詞體現(xiàn)了高度的文化修養(yǎng)。他甚至還引用了伏爾泰。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. We look for applicants who are numerate, computer-literate and energetic self-starters.

我們對(duì)求職者的要求是具備運(yùn)算能力，熟練使用電腦，精力充沛而且工作積極主動(dòng)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. We want to have more scientifically literate people running our television stations.

我們想增加一些通曉科學(xué)的人手來(lái)運(yùn)作電視臺(tái)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. Over one-quarter of the adult population are not fully literate.

四分之一以上的成年人不具備完全的讀寫能力。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. Only a few of the nation's peasants are literate.

這個(gè)國(guó)家的農(nóng)民中只有少數(shù)人能識(shí)字.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》