音标：['primitiv] ；柯林斯词典等级：2 级；

n. 原始人, 早期艺术家
a. 原始的, 上古的
[计] 图元; 原语; 基元

n. a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
n. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
n. a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms
s. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies

词型变化：名词复数形式 : primitives
考试类型：[高考/四级/六级/考研/托福/IELTS]

词性分布：

形容词81%

名词19%

primitive的用法和样例：

例句

用作形容词(adj.)

Primitive peoples deified the sun.原始部落将太阳奉为神。
The constitution of a primitive society is not necessarily simple.原始社会的结构并不一定就是简单的。
They built a primitive shelter out of the tree trunks他们用一些树干建造了一个简陋的棚子。

用作名词(n.)

Primitive people often lived in caves.原始人常常住在山洞里。
Primitive man made himself primitive tools from stones and bones.原始人用石块和骨头做原始的工具。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)

用作定语～+ n.

Primitive man made himself primitive tools from stones and bones.原始人用石块和骨头做原始的工具。
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。
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。

用作表语S+be+～

The Eskimos of the far north are primitive.遥远北方的爱斯基摩人是原始人。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

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。

用作名词(n.)

He was an Italian primitive.他是一位意大利文艺复兴以前的艺术家。
The anthropology of the future will not be concerned above all else with primitives.未来的人类学不会以原始人为主要的研究对象。

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

primitive accumulation原始积累
primitive forest原始森林
primitive society原始社会
primitive verb动词原形

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

simple primitives简单的原始观念

经典引文

The primitive ancestor of the Trojan line of kings is Dardanus.
出自：G. Grote

【近义词】

adj.

【反义词】

adj.

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developed

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