primitive
英 ['prɪmɪtɪv]
美 ['prɪmətɪv]
- adj. 原始的，遠古的；簡單的，粗糙的
- n. 原始人
助記提示
1、prim- + -itive(複合後綴：-ite, -ive).
2、含義：very first, original, first or earliest of its kind, of or belonging to the first age, having the style of an early or ancient time.
中文詞源
primitive 原始的，遠古的，簡單的來自prime,第一的，最初的，原始的，-itive,形容詞後綴。
英文詞源
- primitive (adj.)
- late 14c., "of an original cause; of a thing from which something is derived; not secondary" (a sense now associated with primary), from Old French primitif "very first, original" (14c.) and directly from Latin primitivus "first or earliest of its kind," from primitus "at first," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)).
Meaning "of or belonging to the first age" is from early 15c. Meaning "having the style of an early or ancient time" is from 1680s. In Christian sense of "adhering to the qualities of the early Church" it is recorded from 1680s. Of untrained artists from 1942. Related: Primitively. - primitive (n.)
- c. 1400, "original ancestor," from Latin primitivus (see primitive (adj.)). Meaning "aboriginal person in a land visited by Europeans" is from 1779, hence the sense "uncivilized person."
雙語例句
- 1. Duffy's primitive guitar playing is well below par.
- 達菲粗糙的吉他演奏技巧遠不夠水平。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The conditions are primitive by any standards.
- 無論用什麽標準來衡量，其條件都很簡陋。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It's using some rather primitive technology.
- 它使用的是非常古老的技術。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The methods of communication used during the war were primitive by today's standards.
- 按今天的標準，大戰時期使用的通訊方法非常簡陋。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. The constitution of a primitive society is not necessarily simple.
- 原始社會的結構未必簡單.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》