[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]原始的；远古的；未开化的Primitive means belonging to a society in which people live in a very simple way, usually without industries or a writing system.
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...studies of primitive societies.
对原始社会的研究
...primitive tribes.
原始部落
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（动植物）原始的，低等的，进化初期的Primitive means belonging to a very early period in the development of an animal or plant.
...primitive whales...
原始鲸
Primitive humans needed to be able to react like this to escape from dangerous animals...
原始人必须要能作出这样的反应以逃避危险的动物。
It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.
逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]古老的；简陋的 If you describe something as primitive, you mean that it is very simple in style or very old-fashioned.
The conditions are primitive by any standards...
无论用什么标准来衡量，其条件都很简陋。
The primitive surgery of those days left him virtually deaf in one ear...
那时候简陋的外科手术让他一只耳朵几乎失聪。
It's using some rather primitive technology.
它使用的是非常古老的技术。
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primi·tive/ˈprɪmətɪv; NAmEˈprɪmətɪv/
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primitiveprimitivesadjective1[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2[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3very simple and old-fashioned, especially when sth is also not convenient and comfortable 发展水平低的；落后的SYN
crude
◆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。4[usually before noun ](of a feeling or a desire 感觉或欲望)very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life 原始本能的◆a primitive instinct原始本能▶primi·tive·ly/ˈprɪmətɪvli; NAmEˈprɪmətɪvli/adverbprimi·tive·ness/ˈprɪmətɪvnəs; NAmEˈprɪmətɪvnəs/noun[uncountable ]noun1an artist of the period before the Renaissance; an example of work from this period 文艺复兴前的艺术家（或作品）2an artist who paints in a very simple style like a child; an example of the work of such an artist 原始派画家（或作品）primi·tive/ˈprɪmətɪv; NAmEˈprɪmətɪv/primi·tive·ly/ˈprɪmətɪvli; NAmEˈprɪmətɪvli/primi·tive·ness/ˈprɪmətɪvnəs; NAmEˈprɪmətɪvnəs/
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primitive1 adjective
primitive2 noun
primitiveprim‧i‧tive1 /ˈprɪmətɪv/ ●●○ adjective
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1way of life belonging to a simple way of life that existed in the past and does not have modern industries and machinesOPP advanced, modern: a primitive society a primitive nomadic tribe the tools used by primitive man primitive art2not modern something that is primitive is very simple and does not have the extra modern parts that would make it faster, better, more comfortable etcOPP advanced, modern: The first station buildings were quite primitive. The local hospital care is primitive and unreliable. Conditions at the camp are very primitive. a primitive steam engine3animals/plants a primitive animal or plant has a simple structure or body: primitive life-forms that live deep in the ocean a primitive single-celled creature4feelings primitive feelings are not based on reason, and seem to come from a part of people’s character that is ancient and animal-like: the primitive instinct of survival primitive desires—primitively adverb—primitiveness noun [uncountable]
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an artist who paints simple pictures like those of a child
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