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. 寬恕;原諒;赦免;勞駕;
n. 饒恕,原諒;赦免;[宗]免罪符;
int. (用于請(qǐng)求別人重復(fù)某事)什么,請(qǐng)?jiān)僬f(shuō)一遍;
?? par平等+don給予→給予平等的裁決→原諒,寬恕
"A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon."
不能寬恕故意犯下的錯(cuò)誤.
近義:indulgence, absolve, remit, reprieve, resolve, spare
反義:sentence, condemn, condemnation
n. 部落,部族;[生]族;一幫,一伙;大群;
?? tri(three)+be(family)→種族;部族;一群人
"a tribe of cannibals"
食人部落
近義:clan
n. 島,島嶼;
vt. 使孤立;
?? isl(island)+and(名詞后綴)→島;島嶼;島狀物;使成為島;孤立
"Sugar is an important crop on the island."
糖料作物是這個(gè)島上的一種重要作物。
近義:isle, insular
n. 自然;天性;天理;類型;
?? nat出生的+ure狀態(tài)→出生狀態(tài)→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
兩黨制的對(duì)抗性
近義:milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment
n. 野蠻人,原始人;異邦人;粗野的人;無(wú)教養(yǎng)的人;
adj. 野蠻人的,野蠻的;異邦的;未開(kāi)化的;
"barbarian invasions of the fifth century"
五世紀(jì)時(shí)野蠻人的入侵
近義:mucker, philistine, savage, vulgarian, yahoo, yokel
反義:highbrow, learned, literate, schooled, civil, civilised
customs
['k?st?mz]
n. 關(guān)稅;海關(guān);習(xí)慣( custom的名詞復(fù)數(shù));海關(guān);
adj. 定做的;專做定貨的;
"The Customs have seized large quantities of smuggled heroin."
海關(guān)查獲了大量走私的海洛因。
近義:customhouse, customshouse, duty, practice, trade, clientele