sympathy
['sɪm.pə.θi] noun
UNDERSTANDING 理解
IMPROVER uncountable
■(an expression of) understanding and care for someone else's suffering 同情（心），理解•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出吊唁电报。 •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 sympathies formal
■to express your sadness to someone because a relation or friend of theirs has recently died 慰问，吊唁，吊慰•I went along to the funeral in order to offer my sympathies.我去参加葬礼以表吊慰。
['sɪm.pə.θi] noun
SUPPORT 支持
uncountable
■support and agreement 支持，赞同•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]
■support 支持•Of those people questioned, 93% 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派。 come out in sympathy with sb
■to stop working in order to show your support for other workers who are on strike 参加罢工以支持（某人）•The railway workers came out in sympathy with the miners.铁路工人加入罢工，声援煤矿工人。 |