① ignorant指缺乏或不了解一般或某方面的知識(shí),有愚昧的含義。be ignorant of/about表示“對(duì)……無(wú)知”。
He was ignorant of the traffic rules here. 他不懂這兒的交通規(guī)則。
She was very young,and ignorant of what life really is. 她很年輕,不懂得什么是真正的人生。
The woman was ignorant about those people round her husband. 這位婦女對(duì)她丈夫周圍的那些人全然不了解。
② illiterate指“文盲的”,即不具備學(xué)習(xí)書(shū)本知識(shí)所需的讀寫(xiě)能力。
He was an illiterate man. 他目不識(shí)丁。(他是文盲。)
③ uneducated指未受過(guò)學(xué)校的系統(tǒng)教育或未學(xué)過(guò)書(shū)本中的系統(tǒng)知識(shí),有“文化素質(zhì)差”的含義。
Many people who have been to school are uneducated. 許多進(jìn)過(guò)學(xué)校的人并沒(méi)有受過(guò)良好的教育。