A literate person is able to read and write.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

The democracy itself needs a literate citizen rate in order to keep it in check.

为了保持国家的持续进步,一个民主国家需要更多的高文化素养的公民。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

Second thing, we started talking about the periodic table and I believe that it's a hallmark of any educated person in the 21st century who is technically literate to know the periodic table by heart.

第二点，我们之前讨论过元素周期表,我相信这是个标志性的特征,对于那些在21世纪里,用心去学习,元素周期表的人来说。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

And answer a listener question about the most literate cities in the United States .

VOA: special.2009.03.27

At the same time, he fears that being a poet means -and this is a fear that literate young men and women have to this very day -- to be a poet means in some way not to be acting responsibly or politically.

与此同时，他也担忧成为一个诗人意味着,这是直到今天文青和文艺女青们共有的一种担忧,成为一个诗人某种意义上,意味着不能负责地践行政治行为。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

India's literacy rate is 64 percent. But studies have shown that a number of those counted as literate can barely read or write.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

and adds stronger science programs in schools and colleges will not only put more women and minorities in science fields, but also fuel a more literate democracy.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

"And he wrote a small book of about 60 or 70 pages that was specifically focused on Luo speaking Kenyans that were learning to read and become literate, and he wrote a small book in Luo as a part of that process."

VOA: standard.2010.07.10