Having had a lot of schooling, and knowing a lot about many different things because of it. Two ideas sit inside the word and they don't always travel together. One is the paper: years of school, a university degree, maybe more. The other is what is in the head: wide reading, broad knowledge, being able to talk about history and science and books, not just one subject.

Having had a lot of schooling受過很多學校教育，and because of it並且因此 about many different things對許多不同的事 knowing a lot都懂得很多。 Two ideas兩個想法 sit inside the word住在這個字裡，and they don't always travel together而它們不一定總是同行。 One一個 is the paper是紙面上的：years of school多年的學校、a university degree一張大學文憑、maybe more也許還更多。 The other另一個 is what is in the head是腦袋裡的東西：wide reading讀得廣、broad knowledge知識面寬、being able to talk about能談 history and science and books歷史、科學和書，not just one subject不是只有一科。

When English speakers say someone is well-educated, they usually mean both, and they usually mean the broad kind of knowing — a person who studied one narrow thing very deeply is more likely to be called an expert or highly qualified than well-educated. This matters in Taiwan, where the natural translation makes people think first of 學歷.

When English speakers say someone is well-educated當說英語的人說某人 well-educated 時，they他們 usually mean both通常兩個都指，and they usually mean而且通常指的是 the broad kind of knowing那種廣的懂——a person who一個 studied one narrow thing very deeply把一樣窄的東西鑽得很深的人，than well-educated比起 well-educated，is more likely to be called更可能被叫做 an expert專家 or highly qualified或資歷很高。 This這一點 in Taiwan在台灣 matters很要緊，where因為在這裡 the natural translation那個順手的翻譯 makes people think first of會讓人先想到 學歷。

Note also that it is not the same as clever. Someone can be very smart with little schooling, and someone can hold a degree and still be foolish — English speakers are quite aware of that gap and sometimes say 'well-educated' with a slight edge, meaning 'had every advantage'.

Note also也要注意：it它 is not the same as clever和 clever 聰明不是同一回事。 Someone有人 with little schooling沒念多少書 can be very smart也可以很聰明，and someone也有人 can hold a degree拿著文憑 and still be foolish卻還是糊塗——English speakers說英語的人 are quite aware of that gap很清楚那道落差，and sometimes有時 with a slight edge帶著一點刺 say 'well-educated'說 'well-educated'，meaning意思是 'had every advantage'「什麼好條件都有過」。

The word is fairly formal and appears often in writing about people's backgrounds.

The word這個字 is fairly formal相當正式，and而且 in writing about people's backgrounds在描寫人物背景的文字裡 appears often常常出現。