primitive
英 [ˈprɪmətɪv]
美 [ˈprɪmətɪv]
adj. 原始的; 远古的; 人类或动物发展早期的; 发展水平低的; 落后的
n. 文艺复兴前的艺术家(或作品); 原始派画家(或作品)
复数:primitives
高考CET4CET6考研TOEFLIELTSTEM4TEM8计算机
Collins.2 / BNC.4019 / COCA.5798
同义词辨析
originalinitialprimitive【导航词义:原始的,最早的】
originaladj. 最初的,原始的
〔辨析〕
指最早存在或出现的,只作定语。
〔例证〕
The original settlers here are the Indians.
最早在这里定居的是印第安人。
This house has been returned to the original owner.
这幢房子已经归还了原主。
The original painting is now worth 800 dollars.
这幅画的原作现在值800美元。
The following are extracts from the original article.
以下是原文的节选。
最早在这里定居的是印第安人。
This house has been returned to the original owner.
这幢房子已经归还了原主。
The original painting is now worth 800 dollars.
这幅画的原作现在值800美元。
The following are extracts from the original article.
以下是原文的节选。
initialadj. 开始的,最初的
〔辨析〕
指发生或出现于某过程的初始阶段的,只作定语。
〔例证〕
The initial talks formed the basis of the final agreement.
最初的会谈形成了最终协议的基础。
After overcoming her initial shyness, Maria became very friendly.
克服了起初的羞怯之后,玛丽亚变得十分友善。
最初的会谈形成了最终协议的基础。
After overcoming her initial shyness, Maria became very friendly.
克服了起初的羞怯之后,玛丽亚变得十分友善。
primitiveadj. 原始的,远古的
〔辨析〕
指生命或人类发展的初期阶段的。
〔例证〕
Primitive people usually lived in caves.
原始人通常住在山洞里。
This book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.
该书描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。
The living conditions there were pretty primitive.
那里的生活条件甚为原始。
原始人通常住在山洞里。
This book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.
该书描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。
The living conditions there were pretty primitive.
那里的生活条件甚为原始。
牛津词典
adj.
- 原始的;远古的
belonging to a very simple society with no industry, etc.- primitive tribes
原始部落 - primitive beliefs
原始的信仰
- primitive tribes
- 原始的;人类或动物发展早期的
belonging to an early stage in the development of humans or animals- primitive man
原始人
- primitive man
- 发展水平低的;落后的
very simple and old-fashioned, especially when sth is also not convenient and comfortable- 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简陋。 - The facilities on the campsite were very primitive.
营地的设施非常简陋。
- The methods of communication used during the war were primitive by today's standards.
- 原始本能的
very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life- a primitive instinct
原始本能
- a primitive instinct
noun
- 文艺复兴前的艺术家(或作品)
an artist of the period before the Renaissance; an example of work from this period - 原始派画家(或作品)
an artist who paints in a very simple style like a child; an example of the work of such an artist
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 原始的;远古的;未开化的
Primitivemeans belonging to a society in which people live in a very simple way, usually without industries or a writing system.- ...studies of primitive societies.
对原始社会的研究 - ...primitive tribes.
原始部落
- ...studies of primitive societies.
- ADJ-GRADED (动植物)原始的,低等的,进化初期的
Primitivemeans 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。
- ...primitive whales...
- ADJ-GRADED 古老的;简陋的
If you describe something asprimitive, 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。
- The conditions are primitive by any standards...
英英释义
noun
- a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
- `pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived
- a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
- a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
adj
- used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
- primitive societies
- little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
- archaic forms of life
- primitive mammals
- the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe
- belonging to an early stage of technical development
- the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man
- primitive movies of the 1890s
- primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains
- of or created by one without formal training
- primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking
双语例句
- This was a crucial step in the development of primitive dance.
这在原始舞蹈的发展进程中是至关重要的一步。 - This epic extolled the founder of this primitive tribe.
这部史诗歌颂了这个原始部落的创始人。 - The constitution of a primitive society is not necessarily simple.
原始社会的结构未必简单。 - It's using some rather primitive technology.
它使用的是非常古老的技术。 - A primitive way of making a fire is by rubbing two stones together.
原始、简单的生火办法是摩擦两块石头。 - The scientific investigation team devote themselves to seeking for traces of primitive man.
科考队一直致力于找寻原始人类的遗踪。 - Lawrence's world travels and his intense hatred of industrialism made primitive cultures fascinating to him.
劳伦斯的世界旅行和他对产业主义的强烈憎恨使早期的文化对他更具有吸引力。 - Primitive in customs and culture.
在风俗和文化上处于原始状态。 - Primitive man hunted wild animals with crude stone implements.
原始社会的人用粗糙的石器猎取野兽。 - It has reflected nationality's common primitive mythical thinking of the same cultural source.
它反映了同一文化源头民族共同的原始神话思维。