Pardon him, Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.
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vt. 宽恕;原谅;赦免;劳驾;
n. 饶恕，原谅;赦免;[宗]免罪符;
int. （用于请求别人重复某事）什么，请再说一遍;
💡 par平等+don给予→给予平等的裁决→原谅，宽恕
"A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon."
不能宽恕故意犯下的错误.
近义：indulgence, absolve, remit, reprieve, resolve, spare
反义：sentence, condemn, condemnation
n. 部落，部族;[生]族;一帮，一伙;大群;
💡 tri(three)+be(family)→种族；部族；一群人
"a tribe of cannibals"
食人部落
近义：clan
n. 岛，岛屿;
vt. 使孤立;
💡 isl(island)+and(名词后缀)→岛；岛屿；岛状物；使成为岛；孤立
"Sugar is an important crop on the island."
糖料作物是这个岛上的一种重要作物。
近义：isle, insular
n. 自然;天性;天理;类型;
💡 nat出生的+ure状态→出生状态→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
两党制的对抗性
近义：milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment
n. 野蛮人，原始人;异邦人;粗野的人;无教养的人;
adj. 野蛮人的，野蛮的;异邦的;未开化的;
"barbarian invasions of the fifth century"
五世纪时野蛮人的入侵
近义：mucker, philistine, savage, vulgarian, yahoo, yokel
反义：highbrow, learned, literate, schooled, civil, civilised
customs
['kʌstəmz]
n. 关税;海关;习惯( custom的名词复数);海关;
adj. 定做的;专做定货的;
"The Customs have seized large quantities of smuggled heroin."
海关查获了大量走私的海洛因。
近义：customhouse, customshouse, duty, practice, trade, clientele