preliterate

• 形容一个社会或文化尚未发展出书写系统，即没有文字的状态；也可指属于或处于文字出现之前的时期。

Describes a society or culture that has not yet developed a system of writing.

1. Not yet able to read or writeC1formal

   Describes a person who has not yet learned to read and write.

   不识字的

   • The program focuses on teaching preliterate children basic literacy skills.
   • Many preliterate adults in the region are now attending evening classes.
   • The teacher used pictures to communicate with the preliterate students.

   同义词illiterateunletteredunschooleduntaught

   反义词literate

2. Society without writingC1formal

   Describes a society or culture that has not developed a system of writing.

   无文字的

   • Historians study preliterate societies through their artifacts and oral traditions.
   • The cave paintings provide insight into the beliefs of preliterate cultures.
   • In preliterate times, knowledge was passed down orally from generation to generation.

   同义词analphabeticnonliterateoralunwritten

   反义词literatewriting