illiterate
词根词缀:
illuminate v. 照亮;使明白
il 向内;进入 + lumin 光 + ate 做,造成,使… → 光线射进来 → 照亮
illusion n. 幻觉
il 向内;进入 + lus 玩弄 + ion 表状态 → 有被玩弄的〔幻觉〕→ 幻觉
illustrate v. 说明,阐明
il 向内;进入 + lustr 光 + ate 做,造成,使… → 让光亮照进〔令人模糊的事物〕内部 → 说明
illustrious adj. 卓越的
il 表加强或引申 + lustr 光 + ious …的 → 光彩照人的 → 卓越的
数据来源:新东方英语词汇速记大全
相关例句:
Many girls are illiterate teenagers sold ( in practice) by their families to older, richer foreigners.
很多女孩都是没有受过教育的青少年,被家人“卖给”了年龄更大、愈加富有的外国人。
Many senior managers are technologically illiterate.
许多高级经理都对技术知之甚少。
In the past few days following the Organization of the examination and found some totally "illiterate".
这几天在下面组织考试,发现了一些完全“文盲”的人。
A small but significant number of 11-year-olds are illiterate.
数量不多但仍有相当一部分11岁孩子是文盲。
People who have never gone to school are usually illiterate.
通常没有念过书的人都是文盲。
The poem introduces us to Mr. Latour, an illiterate boor who calls poor people poor instead of underprivileged.
这首诗向我们介绍了拉图尔这样一位目不识丁的粗人,他直呼穷人为穷人,而非‘社会权益受剥夺者’。