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belonging to a very simple society with no industry, etc. 原始的;远古的 primitive tribes 原始部落 primitive beliefs 原始的信仰
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belonging to an early stage in the development of humans or animals 原始的;(人类或动物)发展早期的 primitive man 原始人
very simple and old-fashioned, especially when something is also not convenient and comfortable synonym crude简陋的;落后的;发展水平低的 - [usually before noun]
(of a feeling or a desire )感觉或欲望 very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life 出于原始天性的 a primitive instinct 原始本能
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘original, not derivative’): from Old French primitif, -ive, from Latin primitivus ‘first of its kind’, from primus ‘first’.