educated

educated — adjective

1. having studied and gained broad knowledge, especially through formal schooling,

1.形容詞B1
釋義

having studied and gained broad knowledge, especially through formal schooling, so that you understand many different subjects well.

例句

Iris comes from an educated family where both parents are university professors.

attributive: educated family / educated person / educated public

The job posting asks for an educated person with at least a college degree.

同義詞
  • knowledgeable

    focuses on knowing a lot about specific subjects, not necessarily through formal schooling

  • learned

    more formal, suggests deep academic study; rarer in everyday speech

  • well-read

    refers specifically to knowledge gained through reading many books

反義詞
  • uneducated

    lacking formal education or general knowledge

  • ignorant

    stronger, implies lack of knowledge even about basic things

文法句型

educated + noun

adverb + educated

self-educated

用法筆記

Commonly modified by degree adverbs: highly educated, well educated, poorly educated. The compound self-educated describes someone who learned without formal schooling.

常見錯誤

❌He is an educated man who never went to school.
✅He is a self-educated man who never went to school.
💡'educated' implies formal schooling; use 'self-educated' for someone who learned independently.

2. coming from a reasonable level of knowledge about a subject or situation, rather

2.形容詞B2
釋義

coming from a reasonable level of knowledge about a subject or situation, rather than from random guessing — used especially of decisions, opinions, or predictions that have a solid factual basis.

例句

Eli made an educated guess about who would win the election, and he was right.

collocation: make an educated guess / decision / choice / estimate

Apinya gave an educated opinion on the building's safety after studying the design plans.

同義詞
  • informed

    very similar in meaning; 'informed decision' is even more common than 'educated decision'

  • reasoned

    emphasises careful logical thinking rather than knowledge base; slightly more formal

反義詞
  • uninformed

    made without knowledge of the facts

  • blind

    implies a complete absence of information or reasoning

文法句型

educated + noun (guess / opinion / decision / choice / estimate)

用法筆記

This sense only appears before specific nouns — most commonly guess, decision, opinion, choice, and estimate. It is never used predicatively (❌ 'His guess is educated').

常見錯誤

❌I took an educated guess.
✅I made an educated guess.
💡The verb collocation is 'make an educated guess', not 'take an educated guess'.