pristinea. 1. ancient,belonging to the earliest time古代,最早期的。 △H.V.3.2.89 (79): “he will maintain his argu-ment as well as any military man in the world,in thedisciplines of the pristine wars of the Romans.”只要说到最早罗马人的用兵之道,他那滔滔雄辩,世界上任何军人也休想驳倒。 2. former. original以前的,原先的。 △Mac.5.3.52:“And purge it to a sound and pristine health,”把它治愈,恢复原来那样的健康。 pristine[ˈpristain]adj.原始状态的 ◇a remnant of some pristine era原始时期的残迹 |