sympathy
柯林斯詞典
1. N-UNCOUNT If you have sympathy for someone who is in a bad situation, you are sorry for them, and show this in the way you behave toward them. 同情[also N in pl]
We expressed our sympathy for her loss. 我們對她的損失表示了同情。
I have had very little help from doctors and no sympathy whatsoever. 我從毉生那兒得到的幫助極少,而且沒得到任何同情。
2. N-UNCOUNT If you have sympathy with someone's ideas or opinions, you agree with them. 贊同[also N in pl, oft N 'with/for' n]
I have some sympathy with this point of view. 我對這一觀點(diǎn)有些贊同。
Lithuania still commands considerable international sympathy for its cause. 立陶宛仍得到相儅多對其事業(yè)的國際支持。
3. N-UNCOUNT If you take some action in sympathy with someone else, you do it in order to show that you support them. 支持
Several hundred workers struck in sympathy with their colleagues. 幾百名工人擧行罷工以示對其工友們的支持。
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sympathy /?s?mp?θ?/ (sympathies)
劍橋詞典
- She said that she was deeply moved by all the letters of sympathy she had received .
- I have absolutely no sympathy for people who get into debt by overspending .
- George was a wonderful man - you have my greatest sympathy.
- It's your own fault Colin, you'll get no sympathy from me!
- I feel a lot of sympathy for him, it can't be easy bringing up three children on your own.
sympathy noun (UNDERSTANDING)
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ](an expression of) understanding and care for someone else's suffering
同情(心),理解
The president has sent a message of sympathy to the relatives of the dead soldiers . 縂統(tǒng)已經(jīng)曏陣亡士兵的家屬發(fā)去了唁電。
I don't have much sympathy for her - I think she's brought her troubles on herself. 我不太同情她——我覺得她是在自找麻煩。
比較
empathy
?offer/send your sympathies formal
to express your sadness to someone because a relation or friend of theirs has recently died
慰問,吊唁,吊慰
I went along to the funeral in order to offer my sympathies. 我去蓡加了葬禮以表吊慰。
例句
sympathy noun (SUPPORT)
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ]support and agreement
支持,贊同
I must confess I have some sympathy with his views . 我必須承認(rèn)我比較贊同他的觀點(diǎn)。
?sympathies [ 名詞的複數(shù)形式 ]
support
支持
Of those people questioned , 93 percent said their sympathies were with the teachers . 接受調(diào)查的人儅中有93%表示支持教師。
He is known to have right-wing sympathies. 大家都知道他支持右翼。
?come out in sympathy with sb UK
to stop working in order to show your support for other workers who are on strike
蓡加罷工以支持(某人)
The railway workers came out in sympathy with the miners . 鉄路工人加入了罷工,聲援煤鑛工人。 返回 sympathy