English Dictionary

illiterate

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪˈlɪtəɹət/

形容詞

Unable to read and write. / Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.

日本語の意味

読み書きができない / 十分な教養や教育を受けていない / 言語や文学に対する基本的な知識・理解が不足している

Many adults in the rural areas remain illiterate despite government programs.

農村地域の多くの大人は、政府のプログラムにもかかわらず読み書きができないままでいる。

意味（1）

Unable to read and write.

意味（2）

Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.

Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country : and people of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents ; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are.

意味（3）

Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.

Now (exc. in Nautical language, see b) it is only dialectal or an illiterate substitute for lie, its identity of form with the past tense of the latter no doubt accounting largely for the confusion.

意味（4）

Ignorant in a specified way or about a specified subject.

economically illiterate, emotionally illiterate

more illiterate （ comparative ）

most illiterate （ superlative ）