sympathy /ˈsɪmpəθɪ/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you have sympathy for someone who is in a bad situation, you are sorry for them, and show this in the way you behave toward them. 同情 [also N in pl]

  例：

  We expressed our sympathy for her loss.

  我们对她的损失表示了同情。

  例：

  I have had very little help from doctors and no sympathy whatsoever.

  我从医生那儿得到的帮助极少，而且没得到任何同情。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you have sympathy with someone's ideas or opinions, you agree with them. 赞同 [also N in pl, oft N 'with/for' n]

  例：

  I have some sympathy with this point of view.

  我对这一观点有些赞同。

  例：

  Lithuania still commands considerable international sympathy for its cause.

  立陶宛仍得到相当多对其事业的国际支持。

• 3. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you take some action in sympathy with someone else, you do it in order to show that you support them. 支持

  例：

  Several hundred workers struck in sympathy with their colleagues.

  几百名工人举行罢工以示对其工友们的支持。