primitive
单词辨析：
指最早存在或出现的，只作定语。
The original settlers here are the Indians.
最早在这里定居的是印第安人。
This house has been returned to the original owner.
这幢房子已经归还了原主。
The original painting is now worth 800 dollars.
这幅画的原作现在值800美元。
The following are extracts from the original article.
以下是原文的节选。
指发生或出现于某过程的初始阶段的，只作定语。
The initial talks formed the basis of the final agreement.
最初的会谈形成了最终协议的基础。
After overcoming her initial shyness, Maria became very friendly.
克服了起初的羞怯之后，玛丽亚变得十分友善。
指生命或人类发展的初期阶段的。
Primitive people usually lived in caves.
原始人通常住在山洞里。
This book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.
该书描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。
The living conditions there were pretty primitive.
那里的生活条件甚为原始。
相关例句：
The conditions are primitive by any standards
无论用什么标准来衡量，其条件都很简陋。
Adam Smith and Marx expound respectively the issue of primitive accumulation from different angles.
亚当？斯密和马克思从不同的角度对原始积累问题做了代表性的论述。
Primitive tribes lived by fishing, hunting and gathering.
原始部落靠渔猎采集为生。
The scientific investigation team devote themselves to seeking for traces of primitive man.
科考队一直致力于找寻原始人类的遗踪。
Primitive man hunted wild animals with crude stone implements.
原始社会的人用粗糙的石器猎取野兽。
It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.
逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。