non-literate
non-literate — 形容詞
1. not able to read or write, especially because someone never went to school
不識字的
指人沒有讀寫能力
not able to read or write, especially because someone never went to school
Beatriz was non-literate, so her granddaughter read the bus timetable aloud to her.
Beatriz 不識字，所以她的孫女把公車時刻表念給她聽。
predicative: be non-literate
Many non-literate adults in the village relied on picture signs to find the clinic.
村裡許多不識字的成年人靠圖示找到診所。
attributive: non-literate + people noun (adults)
The charity teaches non-literate farmers to read simple labels on seed packets.
這個慈善機構教不識字的農民讀懂種子包裝上的簡單標籤。
Sven stayed non-literate until a patient teacher helped him sign his own name.
Sven 一直不識字，直到一位有耐心的老師教他簽下自己的名字。
Hana arrived as a refugee and was non-literate in both English and Spanish.
Hana 以難民身分抵達時，無論英文還是西班牙文都不識字。
- illiterate
more common but can sound blaming or negative
- unlettered
old-fashioned and literary; suggests lack of schooling
- literate
able to read and write
文法句型
non-literate + noun
用法筆記
Often chosen instead of 'illiterate' in formal, educational, or charity writing because it states the fact without sounding like a judgement on the person.
常見錯誤
2. (of a group or society) using no system of writing, so its history and skills ar
無文字的
指社會或文化沒有文字系統
(of a group or society) using no system of writing, so its history and skills are passed on by speaking rather than in books
The anthropologist spent two years living with a non-literate community in the mountains.
這位人類學家花了兩年和山區一個沒有文字的社群一起生活。
attributive: non-literate + community / society
In non-literate cultures, elders pass on stories and history through songs.
在沒有文字的文化裡，長者透過歌謠傳承故事和歷史。
non-literate cultures share knowledge by speaking
Maeve studied how one non-literate tribe remembered its laws without any books.
Maeve 研究一個沒有文字的部落，如何在沒有任何書籍下記住自己的律法。
For centuries the island people stayed non-literate, trusting memory instead of paper records.
數百年來，這座島嶼上的居民一直沒有文字，靠記憶而非紙本紀錄。
Cyrus argued that a non-literate society can still create rich poetry and music.
Cyrus 主張，一個沒有文字的社會仍然能創作出豐富的詩歌與音樂。
- preliterate
stresses a culture before writing developed; non-literate is broader
- oral
as in 'oral culture'; focuses on speech-based tradition
- literate
having and using a written language
文法句型
non-literate + noun
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense describes whole groups or cultures with no writing system, not a single person's inability to read.