sympathy
柯林斯词典
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. 我们对她的损失表示了同情。
I have had very little help from doctors and no sympathy whatsoever. 我从医生那儿得到的帮助极少,而且没得到任何同情。
2. N-UNCOUNT If you have sympathy with someone's ideas or opinions, you agree with them. 赞同[also N in pl, oft N 'with/for' n]
I have some sympathy with this point of view. 我对这一观点有些赞同。
Lithuania still commands considerable international sympathy for its cause. 立陶宛仍得到相当多对其事业的国际支持。
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. 几百名工人举行罢工以示对其工友们的支持。
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sympathy /ˈsɪmpəθɪ/ (sympathies)
剑桥词典
- 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)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ](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 . 总统已经向阵亡士兵的家属发去了唁电。
I don't have much sympathy for her - I think she's brought her troubles on herself. 我不太同情她——我觉得她是在自找麻烦。
比较
empathy
offer/send your sympathies formal
to express your sadness to someone because a relation or friend of theirs has recently died
慰问,吊唁,吊慰
I went along to the funeral in order to offer my sympathies. 我去参加了葬礼以表吊慰。
例句
sympathy noun (SUPPORT)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]support and agreement
支持,赞同
I must confess I have some sympathy with his views . 我必须承认我比较赞同他的观点。
sympathies [ 名词的复数形式 ]
support
支持
Of those people questioned , 93 percent said their sympathies were with the teachers . 接受调查的人当中有93%表示支持教师。
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
参加罢工以支持(某人)
The railway workers came out in sympathy with the miners . 铁路工人加入了罢工,声援煤矿工人。 返回 sympathy