sympathy的双解释义

1. 赞同，同感，同意，共感，赞成
2. 慰问，慰问电
3. 同情（心），怜悯
4. 吊唁，吊唁信
5. 协调
6. 【物】共振
7. 【物】共鸣

1. [U] 同情(心) (capacity for) sharing the feelings of others; feeling of pity and sorrow for sb
2. [P] 慰问; (感情上)的支持 feeling or expression of sorrow, approval, etc.

1.同情心;同情
If you havesympathy for someone who is in a bad situation, you are sorry for them, and show this in the way you behave towards them.

e.g. We expressed oursympathy for her loss...
我们对她的损失表示同情。
e.g. I have had very little help from doctors and nosympathy whatsoever...
我从医生那里没有得到什么帮助，也未获得丝毫同情。

2.(对观点、看法的)同意,支持
If you havesympathy with someone's ideas or opinions, you agree with them.

e.g. I have somesympathy with this point of view...
我比较同意这个观点。
e.g. Lithuania still commands considerable internationalsympathy for its cause...
立陶宛的事业仍然拥有相当的国际支持。

3.支持
If you take some actionin sympathy with someone else, you do it in order to show that you support them.

e.g. Several hundred workers struck insympathy with their colleagues...
几百名工人罢工以声援他们的同事。
e.g. Milne resigned insympathy because of the way Donald had been treated.
米尔恩以辞职来唐纳德所遭受的不公待遇。

1. I have much sympathy for you.
   我很同情你。
2. She pressed my hand in sympathy.
   她同情地紧紧握住我的手。
3. I eyed Charlotte with sympathy.
   我同情地望着夏洛蒂。

• accept sb's sympathy接受某人的慰问
• express sympathy表示慰问
• feel〔show〕 sympathy表示同情
• get〔win〕 sb's sympathy得到某人的同情

• deep〔great〕 sympathy深切〔巨大〕的同情
• strong sympathy强烈的同情心

• in〔out of〕 sympathy with sb's proposal赞同〔不赞同〕某人的提议
• letter of sympathy慰问信

• sympathy for对…的同情
• sympathy with sb's cause赞成某人的事业

sympathy, compassion, mercy, pity

这组词都有“同情”或“可怜”的意思。其区别在于:pity通常只表示内心感到难过或同情,少给予帮助; sympathy指“同情心”或“恻隐之心”,强调共同分担,进而对某种经历或遭遇引起共鸣; compassion指“同情心”,强调由于理解而同情,并主动给予帮助,常常指通过自身痛苦或不幸而同情别人; mercy指“仁慈”或“怜悯”,含有主动救助别人脱离苦难之义。例如:

It is a pity that such an ability as him should be employed about such trifle matters.真可惜,像他这样有才能的人竟然被用来做这类琐事。

Her own experiences had taught her to have compassion for misunderstood children.她自身的遭遇使她认识到应对那些受到误解的孩子予以同情。

The criminal pleaded with the jury for mercy.犯人恳求陪审团宽恕他。

He was moved with sympathy.他动了恻隐之心。

pity，mercy，sympathy，compassion

这些名词均有“同情、怜悯”之意。

pity指对弱者、不幸者所表示的怜惜之情。

mercy侧重指对应受惩罚或地位卑下者的慈悲或怜悯。

sympathy普通常用词，含义广。指志趣、看法上的一致，也指感情相投，带有深深的恻隐之心的亲切之情。

compassion较正式较庄重用词，指对同等人的同情与理解，常含急切愿意帮忙的意味。