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- in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined天然的; 未加工的; 未提炼的：
crude oil
原油。
1.1
- Statistics (of figures) not adjusted or corrected【统计】（数字）概约的：
the crude mortality rate
概约死亡率。
1.2
- (of an estimate or guess) likely to be only approximately accurate（估计, 猜测）粗略的, 约略的。
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- constructed in a rudimentary or makeshift way粗制的, 简陋的：
a relatively crude nuclear weapon
一件相对粗糙的核武器。
2.1
- (of an action) showing little finesse or subtlety and as a result unlikely to succeed（行动）不成熟的：
the measure was condemned by economists as crude and ill-conceived.
该措施被经济学家们斥之为不成熟且构思极差。
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- (of language, behaviour, or a person) offensively coarse or rude, especially in relation to sexual matters（语言, 行为或人）（在有关性的方面）粗俗的, 粗鲁的, 粗鄙的：
a crude joke
粗鄙的笑话。
派生词
crudely
adverbcrudeness
nouncrudity
noun词源
late Middle English: from Latin crudus 'raw, rough'.