sym·pa·thet·ic
adjective/ˌsɪmpəˈθetɪk/
/ˌsɪmpəˈθetɪk/
- kind to somebody who is hurt or sad; showing that you understand and care about their problems
同情的；有同情心的；表示同情的 - a sympathetic listener
体恤别人的听者 - a sympathetic response
同情的反应 - She was very sympathetic when I was sick.
当我生病时，她非常同情我。 - sympathetic to/towards somebody I did not feel at all sympathetic towards Kate.
我对凯特一点也不同情。 - I'm here if you need a sympathetic ear (= somebody to talk to about your problems).
要是你想诉诉苦，那就跟我说吧。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb2- His aggressive attitude makes me less sympathetic to his plight.
他咄咄逼人的态度让我对他的困境不再抱有同情心。 - I found the doctors quite sympathetic.
我发觉医生很有同情心。 - My boss is being very sympathetic about my problems.
我的老板对我遇到的问题表示非常体谅。 - Her attitude to my situation was less than sympathetic.
她对我的处境并不同情。 - She made suitably sympathetic noises down the phone.
她在电话里适当地说了一些表示同情的话。 - a patient and deeply sympathetic man
一位有耐心且很有同情心的人 - He was a sympathetic and supportive friend.
他是一位富有同情心和支持性的朋友。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
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- a sympathetic listener
- showing that you approve of somebody/something or that you share their views and are willing to support them
赞同的；支持的 - He was speaking to a highly sympathetic audience.
他正在对他的铁杆支持者演讲。 - sympathetic to/towards somebody/something to be sympathetic to the party’s aims
赞同该党的目标 - Russian newspapers are largely sympathetic to the president.
俄罗斯报章大都支持总统。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1- He'd written a not entirely sympathetic article in the ‘Globe’.
他在《环球》杂志上发表了一篇不太有同情心的文章。 - The government is broadly sympathetic to our ideas.
政府大体上赞同我们的想法。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
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- He was speaking to a highly sympathetic audience.
- (of a person) easy to like
让人喜欢的；招人喜爱的 - a sympathetic character in a novel
小说中一个讨人喜欢的人物 - I don't find her a very sympathetic person.
我觉得她并不十分招人喜欢。 - The character's faults actually make him more sympathetic.
这个人物的缺点实则让他更具同情心。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
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- a sympathetic character in a novel
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to an affinity or paranormal influence’): from sympathy, on the pattern of pathetic.