illiterate
adj
1
(a) not able to read or write 不会读或不会写的; 不识字的
an illiterate child 不识字的孩子. Cf 参看 unlettered.
(b) showing such ignorance 文字不通的
an illiterate letter, ie one that contains many mistakes of spelling and grammar 文字不通的信.
2
(a) showing little or no education 缺乏教育的; 教育程度很低的
You must be illiterate if you've never heard of Marx. 要是你连马克思这个人都从未听说过, 那麽你一定是没有受过教育的了.
(b) ignorant in a particular field (对某一领域)无知的, 外行的
be scientifically illiterate 科盲. illiterate, n illiterate person 文盲; 无知的人.
There she studied the teaching of deafblind children.
在那里,她学习聋盲儿童的教学工作。
Among the different types of bee, it is the honey bee that has most interested scientists because of the language they use to communicate with each other.