| 单词 | primitive |
| 释义 | primitive (prɪmɪtɪv ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Primitive means belonging to a society in which people live in a very simple way, usually without industries or a writing system. ...studies of primitive societies. ...primitive tribes. Synonyms: uncivilized, savage, barbarian, barbaric 2. adjective Primitive means belonging to a very early period in the development of an animal or plant. ...primitive whales. Primitive humans needed to be able to react like this to escape from dangerous animals. It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger. 3. adjective If you describe something as primitive, you mean that it is very simple in style or very old-fashioned. The conditions are primitive by any standards. The primitive surgery of those days left him virtually deaf in one ear. It's using some rather primitive technology. Collocations: primitive emotion If people could eliminate the most primitive emotion from their thinking, our political scene, as well as the world's geopolitical ambience, would benefit from an enormous change for the better. Times, Sunday Times However, when faced with a difficult moral judgment, the brain activated other areas including those connected with both rational thought and primitive emotions. Times, Sunday Times How to live in a modern way when we still have primitive emotions such as the raw need to possess someone? Times, Sunday Times The hypothalamus engages in functions of a number of primitive emotions or feelings such as hunger, thirst and maternal bonding. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Primitive human beings began cooking far earlier than was thought, according to new research. Times, Sunday Times We are overcomplicating the most primitive human relationship. Times, Sunday Times The segment chronicled the misadventures of a trio of dinosaur mercenaries released from incarceration and charged with the task of eliminating two primitive human beings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With even primitive humans now having discovered the internet, the issues are much the same. Times, Sunday Times For primitive humans, nothing was more important than the survival of the species. Times,Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 原始的 Japanese: 初期の |
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