单词 | compassion |
释义 | compassion (once / 347 pages) n If someone shows kindness, caring, and a willingness to help others, they're showing compassion. This is a word for a very positive emotion that has to do with being thoughtful and decent. Giving to a charity takes compassion. Volunteering to work with sick people or animals takes compassion. When you have compassion, you're putting yourself in someone else's shoes and really feeling for them. Anytime a disaster like a hurricane or earthquake hits, others will feel compassion for the victims. When you feel compassion for someone, you really want to help out. WORD FAMILYcompassion: compassionate, compassions+/compassionate: compassionated, compassionately, compassionateness, compassionates, compassionating, uncompassionate/uncompassionate: uncompassionately USAGE EXAMPLESAnd if we expect better from others, then we must expect better from ourselves, must find greater depths of forgiveness and compassion. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) So he thinks Gibson should be shown more compassion? The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) And she displayed such genuine compassion and kindness. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1n a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering Syn|Hypo|Hyper compassionateness heartstrings your deepest feelings of love and compassion tenderheartedness, tendernesswarm compassionate feelings mercifulness, mercythe feeling that motivates compassion forgivenesscompassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive fellow feeling, sympathy sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) 2n the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it Syn|Hyper pity mercifulness, mercy a disposition to be kind and forgiving |
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