考研英语高频词汇
literate adj. 有读写能力的;有文化修养的
<历年真题考查频次:5次>
真题复现1:More recently, while examining housing construction, the researchers discovered that illiterate, non-English- speaking Mexican workers in Houston, Texas, consistently met best-practice labor productivity standards despite the complexity of the building industry's work.(2009年text3P3)
真题翻译:最近,在研究住房建设时,研究人员发现,尽管建筑业的工作很复杂,但德克萨斯州休斯顿的文盲、非英语的墨西哥工人始终符合最佳实践劳动生产率标准。
真题复现2:Because thanks to these schools our early mechanics, especially in the New England and Middle Atlantic states, were generally literate and at home in arithmetic and in some aspects of geometry and trigonometry.(1996年text4P3)
真题翻译:因为多亏了这些学校,我们早期的力学,特别是在新英格兰和大西洋中部各州,在算术、几何和三角学的某些方面都很识字。
真题复现3: “engaging reviewers who are statistically literate and editors who can verify the process.”(2015年英语一text3P6)
真题翻译:“吸引具有统计学知识的评审员和能够验证流程的编辑。”