| 单词 | empathetic |
| 释义 | empathetic (once / 40898 pages) adj An empathetic person is someone who can share another person's feelings. If you tell an empathetic person that your heart is broken, she might touch her own heart and gaze at you sadly through moist eyes. Empathetic is a recent term; it comes from empathy, which was coined by the German philosopher Rudolf Lotze in 1858. Lotze believed that when you look at a work of art, you project your own sensibilities onto it. So if you feel sad when you see a painting of a woman weeping over a dying lover, that's because you can imagine what it's like to lose someone you love. To make the word, Lotze turned to the ancient Greek empatheia, which means "passion." WORD FAMILYempathetic: empathetically+/empathize: empathized, empathizes, empathizing/empathy: empathetic, empathies, empathise, empathize USAGE EXAMPLESMs. Olivarez hopes that by being open about her own challenges, people might become empathetic to others suffering with mental illnesses. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) The St. Matthew is the more openhearted, empathetic work; the St. John remains a little frightening. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) "But when we need to be empathetic and we need to be human, we've got to do that too." Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) adj showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states a sensitive and empathetic school counselor Syn empathic sympathetic expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward |
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