英 [ˌruːdɪˈmentri] 美 [ˌruːdɪˈmentri]
adj. 基本的，初步的；不成熟的，未充分发展的
比较级more rudimentary
最高级most rudimentary
rudimentary /ˌruːdɪˈmɛntərɪ, -trɪ/ TEM8
形容词 Rudimentary things are very basic or simple and are therefore unsatisfactory. 简陋的
The earth surface of the courtyard extended into a kind of rudimentary kitchen.
院子的泥土地面延伸进一间类似简易厨房的地方。
形容词 Rudimentary knowledge includes only the simplest and most basic facts. 最基本的
He had only a rudimentary knowledge of French.
他只有最基本的法语知识。
being in the earliest stages of development
rudimentary plans
未发育的
未发展的
不发育的;残留的
痕迹的
退化的;原基的
rudimentary 基本的，基要的，初步的，未发育成熟的 interdependent 互相依存的 .
〖primary;elementary;rudimentary〗最初阶段。为其他事物作准备的;属于某些继续过程或一系列事物的最初阶段的
... as Respondent 身为回应者 6. rudimentary adj. 基本的;初步的 rudimentary instinct 天性 ...
rudiment 雏形；基本原理
基本的；初步的；退化的；残遗的；[昆]未发展的
elementary / basic / fundamental / essential / primary
Fossilized remains of Acanthostega, a primitive fish, reveal that even though the animal had rudimentary limbs, it could not walk on land.
棘螈是一种原始鱼类，它的化石遗迹显示，尽管棘螈有基本的四肢，但它却不能在陆地上行走。
He received rudimentary village schooling, but mostly he roamed his uncle's farm collecting the fossils that were so abundant in the rocks of the Cotswold hills.
他只在乡村学校接受了最基本的教育，但大部分时间都在叔叔的农场里游荡，收集科茨沃尔德丘陵中充裕的化石。
Some dinosaurs had only rudimentary teeth.
有些恐龙只有未充分长成的牙齿。
"You don't have to have access to high levels of al-Qaida or the Taliban to get rudimentary tradecraft and bomb-making training."
VOA : standard.2010.05.18
And this is precisely the opposite of the tyrant who Plato describes as a person of limitless desires who lacks the most rudimentary kind of governance, namely self-control.
而这正是对比于专制,即柏拉图形容中,拥有无限欲望的人,他们缺少最基本的管理，或说自控。
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This is an example of a rudimentary brain machine interface.
这是一个脑机接口界面的示范
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He says that instead of using professionals, al-Qaida is finding people who are ideologically motivated and well-placed to attack, but who receive only rudimentary training.
VOA : standard.2010.05.05
While some works might seem rudimentary, a number of Olympians have built successful careers as artists.
That offer was summarily rejected by government officials lacking even a rudimentary understanding of pension wrongdoing.
The telegraph allowed a rudimentary wire service, relaying stories between cities at a faster pace.