primitive

1、prim- + -itive(复合后缀：-ite, -ive).
2、含义：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.

primitive 原始的，远古的，简单的

来自prime,第一的，最初的，原始的，-itive,形容词后缀。

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."

1. Duffy's primitive guitar playing is well below par.

达菲粗糙的吉他演奏技巧远不够水平。

2. The conditions are primitive by any standards.

无论用什么标准来衡量，其条件都很简陋。

3. It's using some rather primitive technology.

它使用的是非常古老的技术。

4. The methods of communication used during the war were primitive by today's standards.

按今天的标准，大战时期使用的通讯方法非常简陋。

5. The constitution of a primitive society is not necessarily simple.

原始社会的结构未必简单.

【raw, original, primitive】
raw: 原始的
original: 最初的，独特的
primitive: 原始的

【initial, original, primitive】
initial: a.开始的，最初的，强调处于事物的起始阶段，也可以指位于开头地方的。
• My initial good opinion of him changed with time. 时间长了我对他最初的好印象改变了。
original: a.最初的，最早的；原版的，原物的。指按顺序是首位的，在此前不再有更为原始的同类的东西；也指原件的，原物的，非仿造的东西。
• This is the original piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works. 就是在这架钢琴上，这位作曲家创作出了他的一些伟大的作品。
primitive: a.原始的，上古的，早期的，指处于人类生命或事物发展的早期阶段，也可以指自然的或简朴的。
• Primitive tribes live in the Amazon River basin. 原始部落居住在亚马逊河盆地。