本模块分享在应试写作中一定会用到的替换表达,结合考研、雅思、四六级真题进行练习,本期讲解表示具备....技能,可代替able to do的同义替换表达。
-literate
literate [adj.] 有读写能力的;有文化的(able to read and write); 还可表示受过良好教育的(well-educated)。比如六级真题Only a small fraction of the population was literate, but the production of books grew at an extraordinary speed只有一小部分人受过教育,但书籍产量飞速增长。
-literate可以作为后缀,和表示领域的名词搭配,构成复合形容词,来形容人,表示在某领域具备知识、能力或素养。比如computer-literate能熟练使用计算机的;media-literate能够理解和分析媒体内容的。前面可加highly等副词,表示非常熟练,即精通。比如,
【同义替换】具备媒体素养 able to use social media→media-literate
Today's students need to be media-literate to critically evaluate the vast amount of information available online.如今的学生需要具备媒体素养,才能批判性地评估网上的大量信息。
【同义替换】精通计算机 be good at using computer→highly computer-literate
真题练习
Most of the young generation is largely media-illiterate, often unable to distinguish between true and falsehood news, which may lead to the spread of misinformation and poor decision-making based on false narratives.
Some people are completely environmentally illiterate, entirely unaware of how their actions harm the planet, contributing to pollution, deforestation, and the worsening of climate change.
总结
-literate,-illiterate可以和表示领域的名词/副词搭配使用,表示具备/不具备能力或素养。可以代替able to do, unable to do, lack等表达。常用的有computer/media-literate/-illiterate,financially/politically literate/illiterate。前面还可以加completely, totally, largely, somewhat, highly来进行修饰,表示程度。
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