Some children still leave school both illiterate and innumerate .

一些儿童离开学校时仍然是既不能读写又不会算的。

Companies tend to employ temporary executives to cope with a crisis : the chief executive mucks things up or decamps to a rival , or the chief financial officer turns out to be innumerate .

许多公司也倾向于雇佣临时主管以应对危机：行政长官把事情办得一团糟或叛逃到竞争对手那里，或首席财务官原来是不识数的。