sympathy
英 ['sɪmpəθɪ]
美['sɪmpəθi]
- n. 同情；慰问；赞同
词态变化
复数: sympathies;
中文词源
sympathy 同情，同感
sym-,一起，一致，-path,感觉，词源同 antipathy,empathy.
英英释意
- 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"
英文词源
- sympathy
- sympathy: [16] Sympathy is etymologically ‘feeling with’ someone else. The word comes via Latin sympathīa from Greek sumpátheia, a derivative of sumpathés ‘feeling with or similarly to someone else’. This was a compound adjective formed from the prefix sun- ‘together, with, like’ and páthos ‘feeling’ (source of English pathetic [16], pathology [17], pathos [17], etc).
=> pathetic, pathology, pathos - sympathy (n.)
- 1570s, "affinity between certain things," from Middle French sympathie (16c.) and directly from Late Latin sympathia "community of feeling, sympathy," from Greek sympatheia "fellow-feeling, community of feeling," from sympathes "having a fellow feeling, affected by like feelings," from assimilated form of syn- "together" (see syn-) + pathos "feeling" (see pathos).
In English, almost a magical notion at first; used in reference to medicines that heal wounds when applied to a cloth stained with blood from the wound. Meaning "conformity of feelings" is from 1590s; sense of "fellow feeling, compassion" is first attested c. 1600. An Old English loan-translation of sympathy was efensargung.
同义词辨析
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。
考试真题
- They want to show their genuine sympathy.
出自-2011年6月听力原文
- While the clip might look like part of a new ad campaign, bridges said the only goal was to show generosity and sympathy.
2019年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- Mental health allows us to view others with sympathy if they are having troubles ,with kindness if they are in pain,and with unconditional love no matter who they are.
出自-2016年考研翻译原文
- And vice versa: high sympathy can substitute for low guilt.
2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- In a number of studies, Malti and others have shown that guilt and sympathy may represent different pathways to cooperation and sharing.
2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- Some kids who are low in sympathy may make up for that shortfall by experiencing more guilt, which can rein in their nastier impulses.
2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- Using caregiver assessments and the children's self-observations, she rated each child's overall sympathy level and his or her tendency to feel negative emotions after moral transgressions.
2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- to express/feel sympathy for sb
- 向某人表示体恤；对某人感到同情
牛津词典
- I have no sympathy for Jan, it's all her own fault.
- 我不同情简，那都是她自己的错。
牛津词典
- I wish he'd show me a little more sympathy.
- 我多希望他能再体谅我一点。
牛津词典
- Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the victims of the war.
- 我们对战争的受害者表示由衷的同情。
牛津词典
- (formal)May we offer our deepest sympathies on the death of your wife.
- 我们谨对尊夫人去世表示最深切的慰唁。
牛津词典
- The seamen went on strike in sympathy with (= to show their support for) the dockers.
- 海员举行罢工，以表示对码头工人的支持。
牛津词典
- Her sympathies lie with the anti-abortion lobby.
- 她支持反堕胎院外活动集团。
牛津词典
- There was no personal sympathy between them.
- 他们个人之间全无相投之处。
牛津词典
- Share prices slipped in sympathy with the German market.
- 受德国市场影响，股票价格出现下跌。
牛津词典
- We expressed our sympathy for her loss...
- 我们对她的损失表示同情。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I have had very little help from doctors and no sympathy whatsoever...
- 我从医生那里没有得到什么帮助，也未获得丝毫同情。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I have some sympathy with this point of view...
- 我比较同意这个观点。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Lithuania still commands considerable international sympathy for its cause...
- 立陶宛的事业仍然拥有相当的国际支持。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Several hundred workers struck in sympathy with their colleagues...
- 几百名工人罢工以声援他们的同事。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Milne resigned in sympathy because of the way Donald had been treated.
- 米尔恩以辞职来抗议唐纳德所遭受的不公待遇。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The sympathy between the twin brothers is so great that they often smile and cry at the same things.
- 这对孪生兄弟的共同情感非常强烈,他们常常对于同一事物要笑就一起笑,要哭就一起哭.
《用法词典》
- He can depend on his wife for sympathy.
- 他相信妻子会同情他.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- We brim over with sympathy after she told us her sad story.
- 她告诉我们她的悲苦身世后,我们对她深表同情.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Desmond eyed her anguished face with sympathy.
- 看着她痛苦的脸,德斯蒙德觉得理解.
《简明英汉词典》
- Every man yearns for sympathy in sorrow.
- 每个遇到不幸的人都渴望得到同情.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He felt great sympathy for these people.
- 他很同情这些人.
《简明英汉词典》
- If you play the fool, and lose a good job on consequence , you can hardly expect much sympathy.
- 如果你干蠢事而失去一份好工作, 你几乎得不到大家的同情.
《简明英汉词典》
- At the same time you must have sympathy.
- 但是你必须有同情心.
《简明英汉词典》
- His case deserves sympathy.
- 其情可悯.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The flood victims have received both sympathy and assistance from the international community during the flood season.
- 在汛期期间,受灾人民受到了国际社会的同情和支持.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Sympathy is his best quality.
- 同情心是他最好的品质.
《简明英汉词典》
- Her sympathy grew out of understanding.
- 她的同情是由于理解产生的.
《简明英汉词典》
- Sympathy often engenders love.
- 同情常常产生爱情.
《现代英汉综合大词典》