literate

Compared meaning: well educated or having knowledge (adjective).

比较义项：受过良好教育、有学识（形容词）。

• educated

  Describes someone who has completed a good general education and behaves politely; a broad trait not tied to one subject, often paired with 'well' or 'highly'.

  形容一个人受过良好的通识教育且举止得体；是较宽泛的特质，不局限于某个领域，常与 well、highly 搭配使用。

  Their parents wanted them to grow up polite and well educated.

  他们的父母希望孩子长大后既有礼貌又受过良好教育。

• knowledgeable

  Emphasizes deep facts or expertise about a specific topic, usually followed by 'about' or 'in'; the knowledge can come from experience, not only schooling.

  强调对某个具体领域了解深入、知识丰富，通常后接 about 或 in；这种知识可能来自经验，而不仅是学校教育。

  Our tour guide was knowledgeable about every painting in the museum.

  我们的导游对博物馆里的每一幅画都十分博学。

• literate 本词

  In this sense means having had at least a basic education, often used in formal or statistical contexts about a population's overall competence, milder than 'educated'.

  在此义项中指至少受过基本教育，常用于正式或统计语境中描述人群的整体文化程度，语气比 educated 弱。

  Government reports show that ninety percent of adults are literate today.

  政府报告显示，如今该国百分之九十的成年人都受过基本教育。

All three describe education or knowledge, but differ. Educated means completed a good general education and behaves well. Knowledgeable emphasizes deep expertise in a topic. Literate here means basic education, in formal contexts; its common meaning, able to read and write, is not compared here.

这三个词都能用来形容一个人有学问或受过教育，但侧重点不同：educated 强调受过正规教育、举止得体；knowledgeable 强调对某个具体领域了解深入；literate 在这里指受过基本教育，多用于正式或统计语境。literate 更常见的“能读会写”这一义项这里不作比较。