| 单词 | sympathy |
| 释义 | Word family noun sympathy sympathizer adjective sympathetic ≠ unsympathetic verb sympathize adverb sympathetically Related topics: Groupingssym·pa·thy /ˈsɪmpəθi/ ●●○ W3 noun (plural sympathies) 1 SYMPATHIZE[plural, uncountable] the feeling of being sorry for someone who is in a bad situation 同情；同情心sympathy for I have a lot of sympathy for her; she had to bring up the children on her own. 我非常同情她——她得独自把孩子抚养成人。 I have absolutely no sympathy for students who get caught cheating in exams. 我对考试作弊被抓到的学生绝不同情。 Our sympathies are with the families of the victims. 我们向受害者家庭表示慰问。2 PPGSUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLAN[plural, uncountable] belief in or support for a plan, idea, or action, especially a political one 〔尤指政治方面的〕赞同，支持in sympathy with something Willard is in sympathy with many Green Party issues. 威拉德对许多绿党的议题表示支持。 Her sympathies lie firmly with the Conservative Party. 她坚决支持保守党。Communist/Republican/left-wing etc sympathies Matheson is known for his pro-socialist sympathies. 马西森以支持社会主义著称。sympathy with/for Sullivan expressed sympathy for the striking federal workers. 沙利文对正在罢工的联邦政府雇员表示支持。3 [uncountable]UNDERSTAND a feeling that you understand someone because you are similar to them 同感，共鸣 There was no personal sympathy between them. 他们之间全无相投之处。 COLLOCATIONSverbshave/feel sympathy for somebody 对某人怀着/感到同情It’s hard not to feel sympathy for the losing team. 很难不同情输掉的球队。express/offer (your) sympathy 表达/表示同情Everyone there expressed their sympathy. 那儿的每一个人都表达了同情。get sympathy from somebody 得到某人的同情I thought at least I’d get some sympathy from you. 我想至少能得到你的同情。deserve sympathy 值得同情He doesn't deserve any sympathy - it's his own fault. 他根本不值得同情——那是他自己的错。play on somebody’s sympathy (=make someone feel sorry for you in order to get an advantage for yourself) 利用某人的同情心nIf that doesn’t work, she knows how to play on his sympathy.expect sympathy 期待同情nI know I can’t expect any sympathy from her!adjectivesdeep/deepest sympathy (=used when someone is upset after a death) （最）深切的同情〔用于死者亲友〕We'd like to offer our deepest sympathy to Hilda and her family. 我们谨向希尔达及其家人表达最深切的慰问。great sympathy 巨大的同情I have great sympathy for the people affected by the housing crisis. 我非常同情那些受楼市危机影响的人。phrasesa message/letter of sympathy 慰问信We are grateful for all the messages of sympathy we have received. 对于收到的所有慰问信,我们心怀感激。nan expression of sympathyI murmured an expression of sympathy.have every sympathy for somebody (=feel very sorry for someone - often used when you have had a similar experience yourself) 对某人感同身受I have every sympathy for people who find it hard to give up smoking. 对于那些难以戒烟的人,我感同身受。you have my sympathy (=used when saying that you feel sorry for someone) 我很同情你It must be difficult – you have my sympathy. 这一定很难——我真同情你。extend your sympathy to somebody formal (=express sympathy) 向某人表示同情I’d like to extend my deepest sympathy to the victim’s family. 我谨向受害者的家人表示最深切的慰问。my/our sympathy goes out to somebody formal (=used to formally express sympathy) 向某人表示同情nOur sympathy goes out to Peggy in her great loss.Examples from the Corpussympathy• The Prime Minister expressed outrage at the attack, and sympathy for the families of the victims.• The trip also is intended to raise money and sympathy for the plight of the Tibetan people.• There was no cause for any sympathy at that time.• You have my deepest sympathy, and my thoughts are with you.• By showing the parts that came to make the whole, Albee allows for sympathy.• I'm not asking for sympathy.• Relatives of the aircrash victims were treated with great sympathy.• He's about as likely to have sympathy for the devil as he is to have satisfaction.• The best writers manage to have sympathy for all their characters; there is always more than one side to represent.• Now he began to wonder if his sympathy was misplaced.• Garrison, in sympathy, sat with them for the rest of the convention.• Five hundred spectators groaned in sympathy.• The longest story is so full of pathos that the joke lines elicit only sympathy, not laughter.• She looked at him with sympathy.sympathy with/for• Do you feel a certain sympathy with this point of view?• Lightman immediately creates sympathy for Bennett, and yet holds him at a discreet distance.• You might feel sympathy with her action and offer verbal or actual support.• One person ill be in sympathy with Coldilocks' difficulties in making her peace with being a girl; another will not.• Yet there can be no sympathy for Cambridge missing out on their ninth away win of the season.• Experience has too often shown that problems arise where there is a lack of sympathy with the Church and its worshippers.• Prosecution only fed a growing public sympathy for her and her cause.• Douglas had a moment's sympathy for him.From Longman Business Dictionarysympathysym‧pa‧thy /ˈsɪmpəθi/ noun1come out in sympathyHUMAN RESOURCES if workers come out in sympathy with workers who STRIKE (=refuse to work), they refuse to work as wellThe truck drivers are on strike, and other employees have downed tools (=stopped working) in sympathy.2be in sympathy with journalismFINANCE if prices, rates, investments etc change in sympathy with other prices etc, they change at the same time or rateWheat futures prices rose in sympathy with corn and soybeans.Origin sympathy (1500-1600) Latin sympathia, from Greek sympatheia, from sympathes “sharing feelings, sympathetic”, from syn- ( → SYN-) + pathos “feelings”sym·pa·thy noun →COLLOCATIONS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable for Corpus the someone who is being of Business in feeling sorry |
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