Rudimentary



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 初步的, 未充分发展的
• ［英］ adj. 初步的, 未充分发展的 ( fundamental; elementary)
• ［记］ rudi ( 无知的, 粗鲁的) +ment+ary -> 无知状态 -> 初_步的
• ［同］ 同根词: erudite ( 深奥的)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Date: 1839
• 1. consisting in first principles ; fundamental <had only a rudimentary formal education — D. J. Boorstin>
• 2. of a primitive kind <the equipment of these past empire-builders was rudimentary — A. J. Toynbee>
• 3. very imperfectly developed or represented only by a vestige <the rudimentary tail of a hyrax>
• ? rudimentarily adverb
• ? rudimentariness noun

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