noun

sympathy

翻譯

同情, 憐憫, 慰問, 贊同

I have great sympathy for the victims.

我非常同情受害者。

Please accept my deepest sympathy.

請接受我最深切的慰問。

Her sympathies are with the poor.

她同情窮人。

sympathy ((for/with sb.)) 對（某人）的同情 I have great sympathy for the victims.

in sympathy ((with sth.)) 為支持（某事） The workers went on strike in sympathy with their colleagues.

(one's) sympathies （某人的）同情，支持 Her sympathies are with the poor.

同義詞：compassion, pity, condolence；反義詞：apathy, indifference

源自希臘語「syn-」（共同）+「pathos」（感情）。字面意思是「共同的感情」。

不要與「empathy」（同理心）混淆。Sympathy 是「為」某人感到難過；empathy 是「與」某人感同身受，彷彿你身臨其境。