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单词 compassionate
释义

Definition of compassionate in English:

compassionate

adjective kəmˈpaʃ(ə)nətkəmˈpæʃənət
  • Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.

    感到同情的;有同情心的;深表同情的

    I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds
    she tried to sound compassionate
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was blessed with a caring and compassionate nature which was ever to the fore.
    • I still have trouble understanding how you can be too tolerant or too compassionate.
    • He is very caring and compassionate, and is very protective towards his mother and sister.
    • The members of this party are among the most caring and compassionate people in the land.
    • He is a compassionate man with vision who tirelessly pursues his lofty goals.
    • For such a kind, gentle, and compassionate person, the upheaval of aggression has ceased.
    • He is the kindest, most compassionate, humble and gentle soul I have ever met.
    • Doreen was renowned for her caring and compassionate nature and her kindness to so many people.
    • I think this is why I have such a complete acceptance of death, and only wish to die in a dignified and compassionate way.
    • The Council will at all times act in a humane and compassionate fashion.
    • Kitty was full of good nature and her kind and compassionate ways endeared her to one and all.
    • A compassionate and civilised society must find a way to understand and accommodate refugees.
    • Could we not have protected our borders in more humane and compassionate ways?
    • One of the lessons she tried to teach her son is to be compassionate and have a warm heart.
    • The groom was a caring and compassionate young man who wanted to be her husband, more than anything.
    • They usually become more open, understanding, compassionate and reasonable.
    • We learn to be compassionate and to consider those whose needs are very different to our own.
    • You were a very caring and compassionate man, who was always there to lend a helping hand.
    • If we cannot be compassionate to animals, heaven help the human race.
    • Many are mourning the death of a warm, intelligent and compassionate young woman.
    Synonyms
    pitying, sympathetic, empathetic, understanding, caring, concerned, solicitous, sensitive, tender-hearted, soft-hearted, warm-hearted, warm, loving, tender, gentle, merciful, lenient, tolerant, considerate, thoughtful, kind, kindly, kind-hearted, humanitarian, humane, charitable, benevolent, good-natured, well disposed, big-hearted

Derivatives

  • compassionately

  • adverb kəmˈpaʃ(ə)nətlikəmˈpæʃ(ə)nətli
    • Much of the overspend is due to the fact that the council has responded compassionately to the needs of vulnerable people.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Champions of individual liberty often believe even more firmly than critics in doing the right thing, including acting generously, compassionately, and helpfully - in the spirit of community.
      • In the process, Nicholson actually transforms the unlikable Schmidt into a sympathetic and compassionately tragic character.
      • We know this because he tells us so in speech after speech, and he shows us so by posing compassionately with little urchins in photo-op after photo-op.
      • When people have an instinctive belief that a crime will be investigated, prosecuted and punished swiftly, compassionately and impartially, it indicates that their country is or is becoming what we all want a nation to be.

Origin

Late 16th century: from compassion + -ate2, influenced by archaic French compassioné 'feeling pity'.

Rhymes

passionate

Definition of compassionate in US English:

compassionate

adjectivekəmˈpæʃənətkəmˈpaSHənət
  • Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.

    感到同情的;有同情心的;深表同情的

    I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds
    she tried to sound compassionate
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is a compassionate man with vision who tirelessly pursues his lofty goals.
    • He is very caring and compassionate, and is very protective towards his mother and sister.
    • He is the kindest, most compassionate, humble and gentle soul I have ever met.
    • I still have trouble understanding how you can be too tolerant or too compassionate.
    • We learn to be compassionate and to consider those whose needs are very different to our own.
    • One of the lessons she tried to teach her son is to be compassionate and have a warm heart.
    • If we cannot be compassionate to animals, heaven help the human race.
    • Kitty was full of good nature and her kind and compassionate ways endeared her to one and all.
    • A compassionate and civilised society must find a way to understand and accommodate refugees.
    • Many are mourning the death of a warm, intelligent and compassionate young woman.
    • Doreen was renowned for her caring and compassionate nature and her kindness to so many people.
    • The members of this party are among the most caring and compassionate people in the land.
    • He was blessed with a caring and compassionate nature which was ever to the fore.
    • Could we not have protected our borders in more humane and compassionate ways?
    • The Council will at all times act in a humane and compassionate fashion.
    • I think this is why I have such a complete acceptance of death, and only wish to die in a dignified and compassionate way.
    • For such a kind, gentle, and compassionate person, the upheaval of aggression has ceased.
    • You were a very caring and compassionate man, who was always there to lend a helping hand.
    • The groom was a caring and compassionate young man who wanted to be her husband, more than anything.
    • They usually become more open, understanding, compassionate and reasonable.
    Synonyms
    pitying, sympathetic, empathetic, understanding, caring, concerned, solicitous, sensitive, tender-hearted, soft-hearted, warm-hearted, warm, loving, tender, gentle, merciful, lenient, tolerant, considerate, thoughtful, kind, kindly, kind-hearted, humanitarian, humane, charitable, benevolent, good-natured, well disposed, big-hearted

Origin

Late 16th century: from compassion + -ate, influenced by archaic French compassioné ‘feeling pity’.

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