Someone who is literate is able to read and write.
Over one-quarter of the adult population are not fully literate.
四分之一以上的成年人是半文盲。
Around one third of the prison population was literate and numerate.
监狱中的犯人大约有三分之一能读写算数。
He had left school barely literate and with little ambition or self-esteem.
他离开学校时仅会简单的读写,没有雄心壮志,也没有自信。
If you describe someone as literate in a particular subject, especially one that many people do not know anything about, you mean that they have a good knowledge and understanding of that subject.
Head teachers need to be financially literate.
校长们需通晓财政。
We want to have more scientifically literate people running our television stations.
我们希望能有更多懂科学的人来经营我们的电视台。