| 单词 | sympathy |
| 释义 | sympathy (sɪmpəθi ) Word forms: sympathies 1. uncountable noun B2 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 towards them. We expressed our sympathy for her loss. I have had very little help from doctors and no sympathy whatsoever. I wanted to express my sympathies on your resignation. Synonyms: compassion, understanding, pity, empathy 2. uncountable noun If you have sympathy with someone's ideas or opinions, you agree with them. I have some sympathy with this point of view. [+ with] Lithuania still commands considerable international sympathy for its cause. [+ for] He had strong left-wing sympathies. Synonyms: affinity, agreement, rapport, union 3. uncountable noun If you take some action in sympathy with someone else, you do it in order to show that you support them. Several hundred workers struck in sympathy with their colleagues. Milne resigned in sympathy because of the way Donald had been treated. ...calls for sympathy strikes. Synonyms: agreement, support, favour, approval Quotations: A fellow-feeling makes one wond'rous kindAn Occasional Prologue on Quitting the Theatre Collocations: attract sympathy Academics do not easily attract sympathy in the way that doctors or teachers do. Times, Sunday Times This, they reasoned, would attract sympathy for their cause and national attention. Times, Sunday Times The expats may not attract sympathy, but are just doing the same as taxpayers everywhere: rebelling against high rates. Times, Sunday Times The good actor attracts sympathy by inducing others to imagine themselves in his place. The Times Literary Supplement Their grievances have attracted sympathy from the public. Times, Sunday Times As one gloomy day succeeded another I began to feel a deep sympathy with him. Consuelo & Alva: Love and Power in the Gilded Age (2005) I doubt if there is anybody who does not have the deepest sympathy for you. Times, Sunday Times (2006) We would like to extend our deepest sympathy to his parents for the loss of their son. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It may be that he deserves sympathy and understanding. Times, Sunday Times (2006) I would suggest they deserve far more sympathy and respect than has yet been shown to them. Times, Sunday Times (2008) And for that wilful and unforgivable act, he deserves no sympathy at all. The Sun (2007) Their sufferings will elicit little sympathy. Times, Sunday Times (2008) A complaint is usually uttered more to elicit sympathy than in real expectation that the grievance will be addressed. Times, Sunday Times (2007) This is the story that has preoccupied at least two nations and elicited sympathy around the world. Times, Sunday Times (2007) He said: 'I don't feel any sympathy for Manchester United at all'. The Sun (2014) It's hard not to feel some sympathy. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Of course we should feel acute sympathy with all those who have been through such distressing or terrible experiences. Times, Sunday Times (2016) You have my heartfelt sympathy. The Sun (2015) Our heartfelt sympathy is with the family and friends of the dead and injured. The Sun (2007) We extend our heartfelt sympathies and will ensure we do all we can to avoid future incidents. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Their sufferings will elicit little sympathy. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Congress had little sympathy for the Attorney General. Smithsonian Mag (2017) But the banks can expect little sympathy. Times, Sunday Times (2006) But it deserves bipartisan political support and public sympathy. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Here were two people deserving of the most intense public sympathy. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Much more of this wilful disregard for issues of presentation might see him surrender public sympathy. Times, Sunday Times (2010) They lost public sympathy by shutting schools, cancelling driving tests and leaving rubbish uncollected. The Sun (2008) Even his use of a walking frame to try to win the sympathy vote did not work. The Sun He knows any suggestion of a parting of the ways will plant the seed of doubt and get him a huge sympathy vote. The Sun My vote was giving the underdog a chance; it was a sympathy vote. Times, Sunday Times Might get the sympathy vote but don't deserve to be in the final. The Sun Among football fans, at least, he will get the sympathy vote and win back some of the respect he has lost. The Sun The attempt to win sympathy for this oddbod founders in an unconvincing story, but the film remains watchable. Times, Sunday Times He was hitting back after claims he faked his recent aliments to win sympathy. The Sun He will just try to win sympathy. The Sun His latest attempt to win sympathy came in an interview supported by one of his many sponsors in a newspaper supplement. Times, Sunday Times It was also used to target an uncommitted audience to eventually win sympathy and support. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 同情心 Japanese: 同情 |
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