- Sympathy is a feeling of pity or sense of compassion — it's when you feel bad for someone else who's going through something hard.
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- n. 同情
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1. to express/feel sympathy for sb
向某人表示体恤；对某人感到同情
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2. I have no sympathy forJan, it's all her own fault.
我不同情简，那都是她自己的错。
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3. I wish he'd show me a little more sympathy.
我多希望他能再体谅我一点。
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4. The seamen went on strike in sympathy with the dockers.
海员举行罢工，以表示对码头工人的支持。
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5. There was no personal sympathy between them.
他们个人之间全无相投之处。
- 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" (from PIE root *kwent(h)- "to suffer").
sym·pathy ★ / ˈsɪmpəθi ; NAmE ˈsɪmpəθi / noun ( plural sym·pathies ) 1 ★ [uncountable , countable , usually plural ] the feeling of being sorry for sb; showing that you understand and care about sb's problems 同情 ◆ to express/feel sympathyfor sb 向某人表示体恤；对某人感到同情 ◆ I have no sympathy forJan, it's all her own fault. 我不同情简，那都是她自己的错。 ◆ I wish he'd show me a little more sympathy. 我多希望他能再体谅我一点。 ◆ Ourheartfelt sympathy goes outto the victims of the war. 我们对战争的受害者表示由衷的同情。 ◆ ( formal) May we offer ourdeepest sympathieson the death of your wife. 我们谨对尊夫人去世表示最深切的慰唁。 2 ★ [uncountable , countable , usually plural ] the act of showing support for or approval of an idea, a cause, an organization, etc. 赞同；支持 ◆ 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。 ◆ Her sympathies lie with the anti-abortion lobby. 她支持反堕胎的团体。 3 [uncountable ] friendship and understanding between people who have similar opinions or interests 意气相投；志同道合 ◆ There was no personal sympathy between them. 他们个人之间全无相投之处。 IDIOMS in ˈsympathy with sth happening because sth else has happened 因…而出现；相应发生 ◆ Share prices slipped in sympathy with the German market. 受德国市场影响，股票价格出现下跌。 out of ˈsympathy with sb/sth not agreeing with or not wanting to support sb/sth 不赞成，不支持（某人或事物） sympathy sympathies sym·pathy / ˈsɪmpəθi ; NAmE ˈsɪmpəθi /
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