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Primitive Adj Graded Means Belonging Simple 例:...Primitive 例:The 英[ˈprɪmətɪv

单词 primitive
音标
英[ˈprɪmətɪv] 美[ˈprɪmɪtɪv]
解释
adj.原始的;发展水平低的;落后的;[生物学]原生的;n.原始人;早期的艺术家(作品);单纯的人:不世故的人;自学的艺术家;
例句

ADJ-GRADED
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.
例:...studies of primitive societies.对原始社会的研究
例:...primitive tribes.原始部落

ADJ-GRADED
(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.
例:...primitive whales...原始鲸
例: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。

ADJ-GRADED
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.
例:The conditions are primitive by any standards...无论用什么标准来衡量,其条件都很简陋。
例: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。
变形
noun:primitiveness~pl:primitives~est:most primitive~adv:primitively~er:more primitive~

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