英语词汇“sympathy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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.

The ability to feel sympathy for others is a great part of what make us human, and it's what compels us to reach out and offer help. So have sympathy for people who confuse this word with empathy — they're awfully close in meaning. Feeling sympathy means you feel sorry for someone's situation, even if you've never been there yourself. Empathy is when you truly understand and can feel what another person is going though.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

empathy / sympathy

Empathy is heartbreaking — you experience other people's pain and joy. Sympathy is easier because you just have to feel sorry for someone. Send a sympathy card if someone's cat died; feel empathy if your cat died, too.

Empathy was first used to describe how a viewer's appreciation of art depends on her ability to project her personality onto the art. These days it applies to anything you can basically "project your personality" on. When you feel what someone else feels, that's empathy. It's a good skill for doctors, actors, and characters from Star Trek:

Nearly all medical schools teach the importance of listening to patients and showing empathy. (New York Times)

"I've always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy." (Edward Norton)

In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Commander Deanna Troi was an empath: she could psychically sense other people's emotions. She experienced their emotions as they did.

Sympathy is an older word, from the Greek sympatheia, for "having a fellow feeling." It's a snuggly, comforting word. It's nice to get sympathy if you're feeling under the weather. To feel sympathy for someone is to feel bad for them:

This has already proved effective at drawing attention and sympathy. (Slate)

Police show no sympathy for "polite bandit." (Chicago Tribune)

So many dramas resort to cadging sympathy for their troubled characters by killing off loved ones. (Time)

If you're feeling empathy, you're in (em) the feeling. If it's sympathy, you're feeling sorry for someone.

WORD FAMILY

sympathy: sympathetic, sympathies, sympathise, sympathize+/sympathetic: sympathetically, unsympathetic/sympathise: sympathised, sympathiser, sympathises, sympathising/sympathiser: sympathisers/sympathising: unsympathising/sympathize: sympathized, sympathizer, sympathizes, sympathizing/sympathizer: sympathizers/sympathizing: unsympathizing/unsympathetic: unsympathetically/unsympathizing: unsympathizingly

USAGE EXAMPLES

But Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James showed sympathy after her defeat.

The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017)

Dispatcher Josh Nelson, 27, answered a call from a homicide suspect wanting to explain the killing in an effort to gain his sympathy.

Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016)

The real disappointment is the lack of any sympathy for my fellow Turkish citizens who continue to be victims of cowardly acts by terrorists.

Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016)

1n sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

fellow feeling

concern

a feeling of sympathy for someone or something

kind-heartedness, kindheartedness

sympathy arising from a kind heart

compassion, compassionateness

a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering

commiseration, pathos, pity, ruth

a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

compatibility

a feeling of sympathetic understanding

empathy

understanding and entering into another's feelings

solicitousness, solicitude

a feeling of excessive concern

softheartedness, tenderness

a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)

heartstrings

your deepest feelings of love and compassion

mellowness

kindheartedness through maturity or old age

tenderheartedness, tenderness

warm compassionate feelings

mercifulness, mercy

the feeling that motivates compassion

feeling

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

2n a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other

the two of them were in close sympathy

Hypo|Hyper

mutual affection, mutual understanding

sympathy of each person for the other

affinity, kinship

a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character

3n an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

his sympathies were always with the underdog

Syn|Hyper

understanding

disposition, inclination, tendency

an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

单词	sympathy
释义	sympathy (once / 66 pages) n 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. The ability to feel sympathy for others is a great part of what make us human, and it's what compels us to reach out and offer help. So have sympathy for people who confuse this word with empathy — they're awfully close in meaning. Feeling sympathy means you feel sorry for someone's situation, even if you've never been there yourself. Empathy is when you truly understand and can feel what another person is going though. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS empathy / sympathy Empathy is heartbreaking — you experience other people's pain and joy. Sympathy is easier because you just have to feel sorry for someone. Send a sympathy card if someone's cat died; feel empathy if your cat died, too. Empathy was first used to describe how a viewer's appreciation of art depends on her ability to project her personality onto the art. These days it applies to anything you can basically "project your personality" on. When you feel what someone else feels, that's empathy. It's a good skill for doctors, actors, and characters from Star Trek: Nearly all medical schools teach the importance of listening to patients and showing empathy. (New York Times) "I've always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy." (Edward Norton) In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Commander Deanna Troi was an empath: she could psychically sense other people's emotions. She experienced their emotions as they did. Sympathy is an older word, from the Greek sympatheia, for "having a fellow feeling." It's a snuggly, comforting word. It's nice to get sympathy if you're feeling under the weather. To feel sympathy for someone is to feel bad for them: This has already proved effective at drawing attention and sympathy. (Slate) Police show no sympathy for "polite bandit." (Chicago Tribune) So many dramas resort to cadging sympathy for their troubled characters by killing off loved ones. (Time) If you're feeling empathy, you're in (em) the feeling. If it's sympathy, you're feeling sorry for someone. WORD FAMILY sympathy: sympathetic, sympathies, sympathise, sympathize+/sympathetic: sympathetically, unsympathetic/sympathise: sympathised, sympathiser, sympathises, sympathising/sympathiser: sympathisers/sympathising: unsympathising/sympathize: sympathized, sympathizer, sympathizes, sympathizing/sympathizer: sympathizers/sympathizing: unsympathizing/unsympathetic: unsympathetically/unsympathizing: unsympathizingly USAGE EXAMPLES But Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James showed sympathy after her defeat. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Dispatcher Josh Nelson, 27, answered a call from a homicide suspect wanting to explain the killing in an effort to gain his sympathy. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) The real disappointment is the lack of any sympathy for my fellow Turkish citizens who continue to be victims of cowardly acts by terrorists. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1n sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper fellow feeling concern a feeling of sympathy for someone or something kind-heartedness, kindheartedness sympathy arising from a kind heart compassion, compassionateness a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering commiseration, pathos, pity, ruth a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others compatibility a feeling of sympathetic understanding empathy understanding and entering into another's feelings solicitousness, solicitude a feeling of excessive concern softheartedness, tenderness a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless) heartstrings your deepest feelings of love and compassion mellowness kindheartedness through maturity or old age tenderheartedness, tenderness warm compassionate feelings mercifulness, mercy the feeling that motivates compassion feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states 2n a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other the two of them were in close sympathy Hypo\|Hyper mutual affection, mutual understanding sympathy of each person for the other affinity, kinship a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character 3n an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion his sympathies were always with the underdog Syn\|Hyper understanding disposition, inclination, tendency an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
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