primitive

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Related topics: Anthropology

prim·i·tive1 /ˈprɪmətɪv/ adjectiveadj

1 way of life 生活方式SA belonging to a simple way of life that existed in the past and does not have modern industries and machines 原始的，远古的 OPP advanced, modern

a primitive society

原始社会

a primitive nomadic tribe

原始的游牧部落

the tools used by primitive man

原始人所用的工具

primitive art

原始艺术

2 not modern 非现代的SIMPLE/NOT COMPLICATED something that is primitive is very simple and does not have the extra modern parts that would make it faster, better, more comfortable etc 老式的，简陋的 OPP advanced, modern

The first station buildings were quite primitive.

最初的车站建筑很简陋。

The local hospital care is primitive and unreliable.

当地医院的治疗水平落后，靠不住。

Conditions at the camp are very primitive.

营地条件非常简陋。

a primitive steam engine

老式蒸汽发动机

3 animals/plants 动物/植物SA a primitive animal or plant has a simple structure or body 〔动物或植物〕原始的，低等的

primitive life-forms that live deep in the ocean

生活在大洋深处的低等生物

a primitive single-celled creature

原始的单细胞生物

4 feelings 情感 primitive feelings are not based on reason, and seem to come from a part of people’s character that is ancient and animal-like 本能的

the primitive instinct of survival

求生本能

primitive desires

原始的欲望

—primitively adverbadv

—primitiveness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

primitive• fossils of primitive algae• In those days, dental equipment was primitive and a visit to the dentist was a painful experience.• The cabin is primitive and lacks running water.• It was basic, primitive and very, very real.• It is a primitive but effective device for raising water from a well.• This was barter, the most primitive capitalism, and this was what we were fighting to protect.• a primitive design• But how did primitive life-forms first appear on Earth?• primitive machinery• She was threatened, and the primitive male instinct to protect what was his brought his entire body to battle-readiness within seconds.• primitive man• Mead's research focused on three primitive New Guinea tribes.• The discovery of this conodont-bearing animal suggests that at least some conodonts may be among the most primitive of vertebrates.• They are among the most primitive on bony fish, though their skeleton consists largely of cartilage.• The gingerbread house represents an existence based on the most primitive satisfactions.• We also stopped to hike on a primitive trail, up and over a short ridge to a small, isolated lake.

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