unlettered

英 [ʌn'letəd] 美[ʌn'lɛtɚd]
  • adj. 未受教育的;文盲的;无字的;无学问的
反义词 educated lettered

英英释义


1. having little acquaintance with writing;
"special tutorials to assist the unlettered sector of society"
2. lacking general education or knowledge;
"an ignorant man"
"nescient of contemporary literature"
"an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"
"exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"

实用场景例句


And like unlettered clerk still cry Amen.
像不识字的牧师只知喊“阿门”

期刊摘选

For some reason they had not anticipated so crude and unlettered and yet convinced a figure.
为了某种原因,他们并没有想到会碰到一个这么粗俗、这么没有文化,可又是这么坚信的人物.

辞典例句

双语例句


1. For some reason they had not anticipated so crude and unlettered and yet convinced a figure.
为了某种原因,他们并没有想到会碰到一个这么粗俗、这么没有文化,可又是这么坚信的人物.

来自辞典例句

2. And like unlettered clerk still cry Amen.
像不识字的牧师只知喊“阿门”

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英文词源


unlettered (adj.)
mid-14c., "not possessed of book-learning," from un- (1) "not" + lettered. An anglicized form of illiterate. Similar formation in Middle Dutch ongelettert.