educated
/ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈe-jə-ˌkā-təd/ (ame, mw)
educated — 形容詞
- educatedpositive
- more educatedcomparative
- most educatedsuperlative
1. having studied and gained broad knowledge, especially through formal schooling,
受過教育的
在學校受過良好教育，具有豐富知識的
having studied and gained broad knowledge, especially through formal schooling, so that you understand many different subjects well.
Iris comes from an educated family where both parents are university professors.
Iris 來自一個受過教育的家庭，父母都是大學教授。
attributive: educated family / educated person / educated public
The job posting asks for an educated person with at least a college degree.
這則徵人啟事要求應徵者是受過教育的人，至少要擁有大學學位。
Baraka is highly educated — she speaks four languages and holds a master's degree.
Baraka 教育程度很高——她會說四種語言，而且擁有碩士學位。
Noor believes that an educated public makes wiser choices about healthcare.
Noor 相信受過教育的大眾，能夠在醫療保健方面做出更明智的選擇。
The Okonkwo family valued education deeply and raised three educated children.
Okonkwo 一家非常重視教育，養育了三個受過良好教育的子女。
- knowledgeable
focuses on knowing a lot about specific subjects, not necessarily through formal schooling
- learned
more formal, suggests deep academic study; rarer in everyday speech
- well-read
refers specifically to knowledge gained through reading many books
- uneducated
lacking formal education or general knowledge
- ignorant
stronger, implies lack of knowledge even about basic things
文法句型
educated + noun
adverb + educated
self-educated
用法筆記
Commonly modified by degree adverbs: highly educated, well educated, poorly educated. The compound self-educated describes someone who learned without formal schooling.
常見錯誤
2. coming from a reasonable level of knowledge about a subject or situation, rather
有根據的
基於一定知識或經驗所做的判斷
coming from a reasonable level of knowledge about a subject or situation, rather than from random guessing — used especially of decisions, opinions, or predictions that have a solid factual basis.
Eli made an educated guess about who would win the election, and he was right.
Eli 對誰會贏得選舉做了一個有根據的猜測，結果證明他是對的。
collocation: make an educated guess / decision / choice / estimate
Apinya gave an educated opinion on the building's safety after studying the design plans.
Apinya 在研究了設計圖之後，針對這棟建築物的安全提出了有根據的意見。
Choosing that university was an educated decision — Nila had toured the campus and met students.
選擇那所大學是經過深思熟慮的決定——Nila 曾親自參觀校園，還見過在校學生。
The doctor offered an educated estimate of how long recovery would probably take.
醫生對於康復大概需要多久時間，提供了一個有根據的估計。
With a little research, you can make an educated choice about which phone to buy.
只要稍微做一些研究，你就能為自己要買哪一支手機做出有根據的選擇。
- uninformed
made without knowledge of the facts
- blind
implies a complete absence of information or reasoning
文法句型
educated + noun (guess / opinion / decision / choice / estimate)
用法筆記
This sense only appears before specific nouns — most commonly guess, decision, opinion, choice, and estimate. It is never used predicatively (❌ 'His guess is educated').