It may even be that the restrictions of a primitive language are a barrier to creating complex thoughts.

一种原始语言的局限性，可能正是其创造复杂思想的障碍。

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Many evolutionary linguists believe that all human languages have descended from a single, primitive language, which itself evolved from the grunts and noises of the lower animals.

许多进化论语言学家相信所有的人类语言都来源于单一的、原初的语言。而这种原初的语言则从其他动物的呼噜和噪声中演化出来。

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In addition, you can think out of the box with this control, not just using it for gauges but using its simple graphics primitive language to build any type of image and simple animation.

此外，还可以想得更远一些，不仅可以将它用于仪表盘，而且还可以使用其简单的图形原语构建任何类型的图像和简单的动画。

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In a high-level language, square root might simply be a primitive that you can use rather than you having to go over and code it.

一个高级的语言，平方根可能仅仅,只是你能使用的一个基本要素,而不是你需要去编译它。

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A high-level language, the designer has created a much richer set of primitive things.

一个高级的语言，设计者制造了丰富的,原始要素。

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Consider that in the late 1990s when I wrote these predictions there was no Wikipedia, no social networks, no blogs, very primitive search engines that few people used, no usable language tools, very primitive and expensive mobile phones, and so on.

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Thus, after noting the Estonian language's "primitive cast, " Mr. Theroux turns his attention to Lord Monboddo, an 18th-century sage who believed that apes were essentially humans without the power of speech, enjoyably esoteric information that tells us little about Estonia but a lot about Mr. Theroux's magpie mind.

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