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be sympathetic to/towards sb/sth
She is always sympathetic to the homeless.
她总是同情无家可归者。
同情的；有同情心的
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同情的；有同情心的
Feeling or showing sympathy for someone; supportive of someone's feelings or situation.
She is always sympathetic to the homeless.
她总是同情无家可归者。
同情的；与同情有关的；感到、表现出或以同情为特征的
Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy.
吸引他人好感的；(指人)讨人喜欢的
Attracting the liking of others. (of a person)
My boss was very sympathetic when I told her about my illness.
当我告诉老板我生病时，她非常同情。
He gave me a sympathetic look as I explained my problem.
他一边听我解释问题，一边投来同情的目光。
The teacher was sympathetic to our concerns about the exam schedule.
老师对我们关于考试安排的担忧表示理解。
She is always sympathetic to the homeless.
她总是同情无家可归者。
此用法强调支持或赞同某观点。
The committee was sympathetic to our proposal.
委员会赞同我们的提议。
He is a sympathetic listener.
他是一个有同情心的倾听者。
Not this
She is very sympathy to me.
Use this
She is very sympathetic to me.
误将名词“sympathy”用作形容词。应使用形容词形式“sympathetic”描述人的特质。
Not this
I am sympathetic with his situation.
Use this
I am sympathetic to his situation.
介词搭配错误。表示对某情况同情或支持时，常用“sympathetic to”，而非“with”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
对…同情；赞同…
She was sympathetic to his plight.
她对他的困境表示同情。
富有同情心的倾听者
He lent a sympathetic ear to her problems.
他同情地倾听她的问题。
有同情心的人
She is a very sympathetic person.
她是一个非常富有同情心的人。
同情的回应
The audience gave a sympathetic response to her speech.
听众对她的演讲给予了同情的回应。
交感神经系统
The sympathetic nervous system prepares the body for stress.
交感神经系统使身体准备好应对压力。
同情之痛
He felt sympathetic pain for his friend's loss.
他对朋友的损失感到同情之痛。
同情的倾听
She always offers a sympathetic ear to her friends in trouble.
她总是同情地倾听朋友们的烦恼。
同情罢工
The dockworkers launched a sympathetic strike to support the miners.
码头工人发起同情罢工以支持矿工。
交感巫术
The tribe practiced sympathetic magic by creating a figurine of the animal they wanted to hunt.
该部落通过制作他们想要狩猎的动物小雕像来施行交感巫术。
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Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象“sym-”像“同”，“pathetic”像“可怜”→ 同可怜 → 有同情心
此义项表示对他人的不幸表示关切或支持，常见于日常对话、文学作品或新闻报道中，语域中性偏正面。通常用于描述人物态度或情感反应。
All six words share the stressed /ɛtɪk/ ending and rhyme with sympathetic. Beware of lookalikes like 'systematic' (/ˌsɪstəˈmætɪk/) which sounds different (stressed /ætɪk/).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.