illiteracy
US /ɪˈlɪtərəsi/
・UK /ɪ'lɪtərəsɪ/
B1 中級
n. (u.)不可數名詞文盲
Illiteracy is a huge problem in some poor countries
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【聽Podcast學英文】學習閱讀如何改變生活 (How learning to read changes lives ⏲️ 6 Minute English)
- But first, I have a question for you, Phil. I mentioned a recent UN report on the high numbers of people unable to read and write. But illiteracy is not a new problem. Since 1967, the UN has been highlighting the importance of literacy – being able to read and write – with a day of celebration called International Literacy Day. But when does it take place?
但首先，我有一個問題要問你，菲爾。我提到了聯合國最近的一份報告，其中提到有很多人不會讀寫。但文盲並不是一個新問題。自 1967 年以來，聯合國一直在強調識字的重要性--能夠閱讀和書寫--並將這一天定為 "國際掃盲日"。但國際掃盲日是什麼時候呢？
- but illiteracy is not a new problem.
直到現在，我還不得不用指紋作為簽名，因為我不識字。
Emojis 能使語言變得更好嗎？- 6分鐘英語 (Do emojis make language better? - 6 Minute English)
- A lot of people, you know, language-mavens, the grammar police and so on, or say... have this sort of jaundiced, prejudiced view about emoji that it's taking us back to the dark ages of illiteracy.
你知道很多人，語言大師、文法警察等等，或者說有這種關於表情符號狹隘的、偏見看法的人，把我們帶回了文盲的黑暗時代。
- What’s more, they think emojis are taking us back to the dark ages of illiteracy, when most people couldn’t read or write.
更重要的是，他們認為表情符號正在把我們帶回文盲的黑暗時代，當時大多數人不能閱讀或書寫。
BBC News 巴基斯坦女孩馬拉拉在聯合國發表演講 (Malala Yousafzai speech in full)
- So let us wage a global struggle against illiteracy, poverty, and terrorism.
如果我們希望達成目標，那麼，讓我們以知識為武器裝備自己
- So let us wage a global struggle against illiteracy, poverty, and terrorism.
讓我們發動戰鬥，對抗文盲問題、貧窮問題和恐怖主義
