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sympathy

/sim-puh-thee/US // ˈsɪm pə θi //UK // (ˈsɪmpəθɪ) //

同情心,同情,共鸣,同情者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural sym·pa·thies.

    • : harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
    • : the harmony of feeling naturally existing between persons of like tastes or opinion or of congenial dispositions.
    • : the fact or power of sharing the feelings of another, especially in sorrow or trouble; fellow feeling, compassion, or commiseration.
    • : sympathies, feelings or impulses of compassion.feelings of favor, support, or loyalty: It's hard to tell where your sympathies lie.
    • : favorable or approving accord; favor or approval: He viewed the plan with sympathy and publicly backed it.
    • : agreement, consonance, or accord.
    • : Psychology. a relationship between persons in which the condition of one induces a parallel or reciprocal condition in another.
    • : Physiology. the relation between parts or organs whereby a condition or disorder of one part induces some effect in another.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : expressing sympathy: a sympathy card; a sympathy vote.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounshared feeling
Forms: sympathies

Examples

  • Our hosts have plenty of sympathy for the Dodgers, a consistently great team whose time should be now.

  • All expressed sympathy for Mallott’s family, given his recent death, and acknowledged that he can no longer tell his side of the story.

  • I’m not asking for sympathy here, but when someone thinks that you don’t care or that you don’t have the best intentions.

  • I’m not asking for sympathy, but I don’t think people appreciate the fact that when you can’t walk down the street, you’re going friend or foe.

  • My deepest sympathy goes out to everyone who has lost a loved one and my prayers are with those who are ill or suffering.

  • In the view of some cops, perps merit little concern or sympathy.

  • But among ferocious ideologues, similar roots are no guarantee of mutual sympathy when schisms occur.

  • It would appear that when it came to the bottom line, Washington was not overflowing with sympathy.

  • In southern Turkey, some local officials in his Justice and Development Party (AKP) express sympathy for ISIS.

  • She did not weep on cue in public when Monteith died, or seek sympathy.

  • He turned his eyes upon her; but no sympathy was in their beams; no belief in the semblance of her tears.

  • She fancied there was a sympathy of thought and taste between them, in which fancy she was mistaken.

  • The feeling for the tiny things probably has in it the warmth of a young personal sympathy.

  • Tony, less self-centred, less rigidly contained, had penetrated her by an understanding sympathy greater than his own.

  • The gray eyes, once flashing with the light of kindly humor, now softened with sympathy, now glowed with pity.