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sym·pa·thy /ˈsɪmpəθɪ/ n. | a. | phr.
I n.
1. 同情(心)
These people need our help and sympathy. 这些人需要我们的帮助和同情。
a man of wide sympathies 富于同情心的人
seek sympathy from a friend 寻求朋友的同情
feel sympathy for sb. 同情某人
He pressed her hand in sympathy. 他同情地紧握她的手。
2. 吊慰，慰问； [sympathies] 吊慰信；慰问电
a letter of sympathy 慰问信
send one's sympathies on the death of sb.'s wife 某人妻子故世时去信吊慰
3. 意气相投，投契；同感
I am glad to find that we are in perfect sympathy. 我很高兴地发现我们之间情投意合。
I have every sympathy with you in your love of country life. 你爱好农村生活，这方面我完全有同感。
4. (思想感情上的)赞同；支持
He viewed the plan with sympathy and publicly backed it. 他对这个计划很赞同，并公开予以支持。
be in (out of) sympathy with a proposal 心里赞同(不赞同)一项建议
have no sympathy with sb.'s foolish opinions 不同意某人愚蠢的意见
The workmen went on strike in sympathy with those at other factories. 工人发起罢工，声援其他工厂的工人。
That argument finds little sympathy with anti-apartheid campaigners. 那种论点得不到反种族隔离活动者的支持。
His sympathy lies (或 sympathies lie) with the world's people. 他支持世界人民。
He doesn't try to hide his British sympathies. 他并不想掩盖他内心英国人特有的支持何种事物的态度。
5. (行动或效果的)协调，统一
Every part is in complete sympathy with the scheme as a whole. 每个部分都与整个计划完全协调。
6. 感应(作用)；(器官间病症、疼痛等的)交感(作用)；【物】和应(作用)
Steel prices have advanced in this district in sympathy with prices elsewhere. 这个地区的钢材价格受其他地区价格的影响上涨了。
He slammed the door until the windowpanes nearby rattled in sympathy. 他用力把门关上，把近处的窗玻璃震得格格作响。
II a.
出于(或表示)同情的
the sympathy vote (选举中出于同情的)同情票
[<L sympathīa<Gr sumpatheia<sumpathēs<SYN-¹ + pathos feeling] phr. come out in sympathy 发起声援罢工 |