1. 原始的，早期的　of or at the earliest stage of the development
2. 简单的，粗糙的　simple; roughly made or done

　primitive　用作形容词的意思是“原始的，早期的”，主要指发展的早期；用以指人或用于法律时，则多与原始文明有关，而与高级文明相反，强调自然与纯朴，也可作“简单的，粗糙的”解。

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

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

1. C 文艺复兴以前的艺术家　painter or sculptor of the period before the Renaissance
2. C 原始人，原始事物　person or sth from an earlier period of history

　simple ～s　简单的原始观念

　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。

　［同义词］ adj. early, elementary, first, original, simple
　［反义词］ adj. advanced, developed