primitive

adj.

1. 原始的；远古的
   belonging to a very simple society with no industry, etc.
   1. primitive tribes
      原始部落
   2. primitive beliefs
      原始的信仰
2. 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
   1. primitive man
      原始人
3. 发展水平低的；落后的
   very simple and old-fashioned, especially when sth is also not convenient and comfortable
   1. 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。
   2. The facilities on the campsite were very primitive.
      营地的设施非常简陋。
4. 原始本能的
   very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life
   1. a primitive instinct
      原始本能

noun

1. 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
2. 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

1. 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.
   1. ...studies of primitive societies.
      对原始社会的研究
   2. ...primitive tribes.
      原始部落
2. 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.
   1. ...primitive whales...
      原始鲸
   2. 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。
   3. 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。
3. 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.
   1. The conditions are primitive by any standards...
      无论用什么标准来衡量，其条件都很简陋。
   2. 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。
   3. It's using some rather primitive technology.
      它使用的是非常古老的技术。

1. Aboriginal art has finally gained recognition and broken away from being labelled as 'primitive' or 'exotic'
   土著艺术最终获得了承认，并摆脱了“原始”或“异域情调”的标签。
2. Duffy's primitive guitar playing is well below par
   达菲粗糙的吉他演奏技巧远不够水平。
3. The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most primitive financial systems
   矛盾之处在于这个地区最有活力的经济体却有着最落后的金融体系。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. The conditions are primitive by any standards
   无论用什么标准来衡量，其条件都很简陋。
7. 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。
8. It's using some rather primitive technology.
   它使用的是非常古老的技术。
9. 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。
10. She brought her children into the world at a time when obstetrics was a primitive art.
    她生孩子的时候，产科学还是一门原始医术。
11. Primitive tribes lived by fishing, hunting and gathering.
    原始部落靠渔猎采集为生。
12. Primitive man quickly learned how to manipulate tools.
    原始人很快就学会了使用工具。
13. Life in the village is too primitive for me; if you want any water you have to pump it up from a well.
    生活在这个村子里对我来说太不方便了；如果你想要点水，就得从井里打上来。
14. Though primitive and crude in form, this stone carving has very high artistic value.
    这座石刻虽然形式古拙，但是很有艺术价值。
15. He was an Italian primitive.
    他是一位意大利文艺复兴以前的艺术家。
16. He made a primitive boat out of some pieces of wood.
    他用几块木头做了艘简易的小船。
17. He used a camera obscura, which was a primitive camera.
    他用的是照相暗盒儿，最原始的相机。
18. At the end, the construction was primitive.
    顶端的设施很原始。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. The constitution of a primitive society is not necessarily simple.
    原始社会的结构未必简单。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. This was primitive man.
    这都是原始人做的。
25. 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。
26. In Xia dynasty, China had gradually entered the slave society from the primitive society.
    夏朝的中国由原始社会逐步进入了奴隶社会。
27. 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。
28. This is not a primitive barter system.
    这不是一个原始的交换系统。
29. Adam Smith and Marx expound respectively the issue of primitive accumulation from different angles.
    亚当？斯密和马克思从不同的角度对原始积累问题做了代表性的论述。
30. Primitive in customs and culture.
    在风俗和文化上处于原始状态。

  original initial primitive【导航词义：原始的，最早的】

  original adj. 最初的，原始的

〔辨析〕指最早存在或出现的，只作定语。

  initial adj. 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。

  primitive adj. 原始的，远古的

〔辨析〕指生命或人类发展的初期阶段的。

noun

1. a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
   1. `pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived

2. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived

3. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization

   Synonym:    primitive person

adj

1. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies
   1. primitive societies

2. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
   1. archaic forms of life
   2. primitive mammals
   3. the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe

   Synonym:    archaic

3. belonging to an early stage of technical development
   1. the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man
   2. primitive movies of the 1890s
   3. primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains

   Synonym:    cruderude

4. of or created by one without formal training
   1. primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking

   Synonym:    naive