sympathy
/ˈsɪmpəθɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1
- mass noun feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune同情：
they had great sympathy for the flood victims.
他们对遭受水灾的灾民深表同情。
1.1
one's sympathies
formal expression of such feelings; condolences吊唁; 慰问：all Tony's friends joined in sending their sympathies to his widow Jean.
托尼所有的朋友联名向他的遗孀琼发了吊唁信。
2
- mass noun understanding between people; common feeling意气相投; 同感：
the special sympathy between the two boys was obvious to all.
这两个男孩子的意气相投是众所周知的。
2.1
sympathies
support in the form of shared feelings or opinions感情支持：his sympathies lay with his constituents.
他感情上是站在他的选民这一边的。
2.2
- agreement with or approval of an opinion or aim; a favourable attitude观点（或目标）一致; 赞同：
I have some sympathy for this view.
我比较同意这个观点。
2.3
in sympathy
relating harmoniously to something else; in keeping和谐; 统一：repairs had to be in sympathy with the original structure.
整修必须和原始建筑协调一致。
2.4
- the state or fact of responding in a way similar or corresponding to an action elsewhere和应：
the magnetic field oscillates in sympathy.
磁场正做和应式的振动。
词源
late 16th cent. (in sense 2)： via Latin from Greek sumpatheia, from sumpathēs, from sun- 'with' + pathos 'feeling'.