literacy

noun
🔊/ˈlɪtərəsi/
🔊/ˈlɪtərəsi/
[uncountable]
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  1. the ability to read and write读写能力
    • a campaign to promote adult literacy提高成人文化水平的运动
    • basic literacy skills基本的读写技巧
    • Most of the students here need help with literacy and numeracy.这里的大多数学生在识字和算术方面需要帮助。
    opposite illiteracy
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    • All the children are tested in basic literacy.所有孩子都参加了基本读写能力测试。
    • Literacy rates are lower among people from the poorer income groups.来自较贫穷收入群体的人的识字率较低。
    • Standards of literacy are slowly rising in the 5–8 age group.5-8岁年龄段的识字水平正在缓慢提高。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • basic
    • adult
    • mass
    verb + literacy
    • achieve
    • acquire
    • develop
    literacy + noun
    • campaign
    • initiative
    • programme/​program
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  2. (in compounds构成复合词) knowledge or skills in a specific area
    • financial/health literacy金融/健康素养
    • We’re looking to hire an assistant with a high level of digital literacy.我们正在寻求聘请具有较高数字素养水平的助理。
    see also computer literacy
  3. Word Originlate 19th cent.: from literate, on the pattern of illiteracy.