primeval
(also primaeval), adj [usu attrib 通常作定語]
(a) of the earliest period of the history of the world 太古時代的
primeval rocks 太古的巖石.
(b) very ancient 遠古的; 原始的
primeval forests, ie natural forests, where trees have never been cut down 原始森林.
(c) based on instinct rather than reason, as if from the earliest period of the human race 出於原始之天性的; 基於人類固有之本能的
It aroused strange primeval yearnings in him. 這使他產(chǎn)生了奇怪的、 基於人類固有之本能的強烈欲望.
??? 情景例句
He gave me the chance to use my talents
他提供給我施展才能的機會
I went to visit an uncle of mine in San Francisco.