sympathy
noun uk/ˈsɪm.pə.θi/ us/ˈsɪm.pə.θi/
(UNDERSTANDING)
B2 [ U ]同情（心），理解
(an expression of) understanding and care for someone else's suffering
The president has sent a message of sympathy to the relatives of the dead soldiers. 总统已经向阵亡士兵的家属发去了唁电。
I don't have much sympathy for her - I think she's brought her troubles on herself. 我不太同情她——我觉得她是在自找麻烦。
Compare: empathy
offer/send your sympathiesformal 慰问，吊唁，吊慰
to express your sadness to someone because a relation or friend of theirs has recently died
I went along to the funeral in order to offer my sympathies. 我去参加了葬礼以表吊慰。
- More examples
- She said that she was deeply moved by all the letters of sympathy she had received.
- I have absolutely no sympathy for people who get into debt by overspending.
- George was a wonderful man - you have my greatest sympathy.
- It's your own fault Colin, you'll get no sympathy from me!
- I feel a lot of sympathy for him, it can't be easy bringing up three children on your own.
(SUPPORT)
C2 [ U ]支持，赞同
support and agreement
I must confess I have some sympathy with his views. 我必须承认我比较赞同他的观点。
sympathies[ plural ] 支持
support
Of those people questioned, 93 percent said their sympathies were with the teachers. 接受调查的人当中有93%表示支持教师。
He is known to have right-wing sympathies. 大家都知道他支持右翼。
come out in sympathy with someoneUK 参加罢工以支持（某人）
to stop working in order to show your support for other workers who are on strike
The railway workers came out in sympathy with the miners. 铁路工人加入了罢工，声援煤矿工人。