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单词 sympathy
释义
sympathy
noun
uk
/ˈsɪm.pə.θi/us
/ˈsɪm.pə.θi/

sympathynoun(UNDERSTANDING)

B2[U]
(anexpressionof)understandingandcarefor someone else'ssuffering:
同情（心），理解
Thepresidenthassentamessageof sympathy to therelativesof thedeadsoldiers.总统已经向阵亡士兵的家属发去了唁电。
I don't have much sympathyforher - Ithinkshe'sbroughthertroubleson herself.我不太同情她——我觉得她是在自找麻烦。
Compare
empathy
offer/sendyoursympathiesformal
toexpressyoursadnessto someone because arelationorfriendof theirs hasrecentlydied:
慰问，吊唁，吊慰
I went along to thefuneralinordertooffermy sympathies.我去参加了葬礼以表吊慰。
More examples
  • She said that she wasdeeplymovedby all thelettersof sympathy she hadreceived.
  • I haveabsolutelyno sympathy forpeoplewho get intodebtbyoverspending.
  • George was awonderfulman - you have mygreatestsympathy.
  • It'syourownfaultColin, you'll get no sympathy from me!
  • Ifeela lot of sympathy for him, it can't beeasybringingup threechildrenonyourown.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sympathy & compassion
  • aw
  • bad/hard/tough luck!idiom
  • better luck next timeidiom
  • bleeding heart
  • cheese
  • hard/tough cheese!idiom
  • heart-wrenching
  • heart-wrenchingly
  • pitiably
  • pitiful
  • pitifully
  • pitifulness
  • pity
  • relate
  • sensitivity
  • sympathetic
  • sympathize
  • too badidiom
  • yourheart achesidiom
  • yourheart goes out tosomeoneidiom
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sympathynoun(SUPPORT)

C2[U]
supportandagreement:
支持，赞同
I mustconfessI have some sympathywithhisviews.我必须承认我比较赞同他的观点。
sympathies[plural]
support:
支持
Of thosepeoplequestioned, 93percentsaidtheirsympathies werewiththeteachers.接受调查的人当中有93%表示支持教师。
He isknownto haveright-wingsympathies.大家都知道他支持右翼。
come out in sympathy withsomeoneUK
tostopworkinginorderto showyoursupportfor otherworkerswho are onstrike:
参加罢工以支持（某人）
Therailwayworkerscame out in sympathy with theminers.铁路工人加入了罢工，声援煤矿工人。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Accepting & agreeing
  • acceptance
  • accepting
  • accommodation
  • accreditation
  • agree tosomething
  • agree withsomething
  • approved
  • concur
  • murmur
  • reconcile
  • rise
  • root
  • rule
  • seeyourway (clear) todoing somethingidiom
  • self-acceptance
  • self-acknowledged
  • self-admitted
  • settle onsomething
  • sign on the dotted lineidiom
  • unanimous
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Backing, supporting & defending
Industrial action
(Definition ofsympathyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sympathy| American Dictionary

sympathy
noun[U]
us
/ˈsɪm·pə·θi/

sympathynoun[U](UNDERSTANDING)

afeelingorexpressionofunderstandingandcaringfor someoneelsewho issufferingor hasproblemsthat havecausedunhappiness:
When Robertdied, Isentaletterof sympathy to hiswife.

sympathynoun[U](SUPPORT)

afeelingorexpressionofsupportandagreement:
Shetendsto be in sympathy with theleftwingof theparty.
[pl]On thesubjectofwilderness, her sympathies wereclearlypro-environmental.
(Definition ofsympathyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

sympathy| Business English

sympathy
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈsɪmpəθi/us
theactofshowingunderstandingfor someone or for aparticularsituation:
sympathy for sbTheprimeministerexpressedhis sympathy for thoseinjuredin theattacks.
have great/little/no sympathy for sthLocals have little sympathy for thechemicalcompanyfollowingthetoxicwastedisaster.
come/walk out in sympathy
HR,WORKPLACE
tostopworkinginorderto showyoursupportfor agroupofworkerswho are onstrike:
The airline'sgroundstaffwalkedout in sympathy withcateringcontractors.
in sympathy
ifpriceson amarketriseor go down in sympathy withothers, they do this as aresultof theothersrisingor going down:
Giltsadvanced23p in sympathy with theovernightrisein UStreasurybonds.
(Definition ofsympathyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsympathy

sympathy
The municipal president claimed that a 'demonstration of sympathies ' on the part of an agrarista regidor had given rise to the ' mutiny'.
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Their moral imagination was constricted, their sympathies limited.
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One feels that he is hoarding his sympathies.
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Subjective assessment of symptoms and signs means that often correct diagnosis relies on the awareness and sympathies of the attending healthcare professional.
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He tries, largely successfully, to provide an objective overview of both sides of the campaign, although-by his own admission-his sympathies are with those promoting protection.
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The final two chapters discuss the application of his intellectual sympathies to contemporary affairs.
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Indeed, this was part of her deliberate strategy to elicit the sympathies of the magazine-reading public.
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Human sympathies are notoriously fickle and attach to all sorts of objects, both appropriate and inappropriate.
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Accused of communist sympathies, he was imprisoned in 1976 for five years.
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His sympathies lie with the small congregations and the forms of activity undertaken by their membership.
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Activists with pro-labour sympathies assumed advisory roles in key ministries.
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He was later renowned for his puritan sympathies.
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Indeed, the classic dichotomy of "loyal minority" or "irredentist nationalist" fails to capture their competing and overlapping sympathies and interests.
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The portrait thus conveyed is that of someone who began life with socialist sympathies, but was weaned off them by reasoned arguments.
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Any natural philosophical strategy which excluded spirits and sympathies from its world was condemned as tending to subversion and irreligion.
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Collocationswithsympathy

sympathy

These are words often used in combination withsympathy.

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a great deal of sympathy
There is a greatdealofsympathy.
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a lot of sympathy
We have alotofsympathywith the model.
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certain sympathy
Where widows might receive acertainsympathyor respect, or even both, spinsters were generally viewed with deep suspicion, whether young, ' life-cycle ', spinsters or older, ' lifelong ', single women.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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