“原始阶段”可以翻译为 “primitive stage” 或 “initial/rudimentary phase”,具体使用哪个表达可根据语境和侧重点来选择:
Primitive stage:强调原始、未开化的状态,适用于描述人类社会、技术或文化发展的早期、未成熟阶段。
Initial phase:侧重于起始、最初的阶段,适用于任何领域的起始时期,不一定强调原始性。
Rudimentary phase:强调基础、初步的阶段,可能尚未完全发展,但不一定带有“原始”的贬义。
示例:In the primitive stage of human history, people lived in caves and hunted for food. (在人类历史的原始阶段,人们住在洞穴里,靠打猎为生。)
The project is still in its initial phase, and we're working on the basic framework. (项目仍处于初始阶段,我们正在构建基本框架。)
During the rudimentary phase of technology development, many ideas were experimental and untested. (在技术发展的初步阶段,许多想法都是实验性的,未经测试。)