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. 这里的大多数学生需要识字和算术方面的帮助。
Extra ExamplesAll 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. 较贫困收入群体的识字率较低。 Standards of literacy are slowly rising in the 5–8 age group. 5-8岁年龄组的识字标准正在慢慢提高。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- basic
- adult
- mass
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- achieve
- acquire
- develop
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- campaign
- initiative
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(in compounds 构成复合词 knowledge or skills in a specific area 素养： 特定领域的知识或技能financial/health literacy 金融/健康知识 We’re looking to hire an assistant with a high level of digital literacy. 我们正在寻找一名具有高水平数字素养的助理。
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from literate, on the pattern of illiteracy.