sympathy

英 ['sɪmpəθi] 美 ['sɪmpəθi]

• n. 同情；同情心；同感；赞同；慰问

双解释义

n. (名词)

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.

详尽释义

n. 名词

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

英英释义

Noun:

1. an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion;

   "his sympathies were always with the underdog"
   "I knew I could count on his understanding"
   

2. sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

3. a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other;

   "the two of them were in close sympathy"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I felt much sympathy for the blind.
   我对盲人深感同情。
2. I have great sympathy for people in affliction.
   我对那些受苦受难的人们充满同情。
3. The story stirred her sympathy.
   这故事激起了她的同情心。
4. You shouldn't trade on her sympathy.
   你不应该利用她的同情心。
5. I have a lot of sympathy for his opinions.
   我对他的意见深有同感。
6. Many people are in sympathy with your views.
   许多人赞同你的看法。
7. They sent me a letter of sympathy.
   他们寄给我一封慰问信。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

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。

经典引文

• That doctrine of sympathy which accompanies all remedies by association.

  出自： W. G. Black

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• 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

形容词+～

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

介词+～

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

～+介词

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

词义辨析

n. (名词)

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。

近反义词

【近义词】

• compassion 怜悯
• understanding 理解
• pity 怜悯
• commiseration 怜悯
• kindness 仁慈
• consideration 考虑
• mercy 仁慈
• sensitivity 敏感
• empathy 移情作用
• approval 同意
• agreement 同意
• support 支持
• backing 支持
• heart 心
• clemency 仁慈
• feeling 感觉
• favor 偏爱
• grace 优美
• harmony 和谐
• warmth 温暖
• charity 慈善
• condolence 哀悼
• tolerance 宽容
• fellow feeling 同感

【反义词】

• antipathy 憎恶