primitive
adjective /ˈprɪmətɪv/
/ˈprɪmətɪv/
- [usually before noun] belonging to a very simple society with no industry, etc.
原始的;远古的 - primitive tribes
原始部落 - primitive beliefs
原始的信仰
- primitive tribes
- [usually before noun] belonging to an early stage in the development of humans or animals
原始的;(人类或动物)发展早期的 - primitive man
原始人
- primitive man
- very simple and old-fashioned, especially when something is also not convenient and comfortable
synonym crude简陋的;落后的;发展水平低的 - The methods of communication used during the war were primitive by today's standards.
按今天的标准,大战时期使用的通讯方法非常落后。 - The facilities on the campsite were very primitive.
营地的设施非常简陋。 - Transport remained very primitive.
运输仍然非常原始。
- The methods of communication used during the war were primitive by today's standards.
- [usually before noun] (of a feeling or a desire
) very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life感觉或欲望 出于原始天性的 - a primitive instinct
原始本能
- a primitive instinct
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘original, not derivative’): from Old French primitif, -ive, from Latin primitivus ‘first of its kind’, from primus ‘first’.