Word · Frequency #14925
sympathize
同情；体谅
to share or understand another person's feelings; to be understanding of someone's situation
- 1.
v. share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of；v. be understanding of
同情；怜悯
同情；怜悯；同意；体谅
In use
I sympathize with anyone who has to work on weekends.
After failing the driving test, Maria sympathized with her brother's frustration.
The whole team sympathizes with the coach after yesterday's loss.
sympathize with sb
sympathize 是不及物动词，表示同情某人时必须加介词 with。
I really sympathize with you.
我真的很同情你。
sympathize with sth
此时表示同意或理解某种观点、立场，而非情感上的同情。
I sympathize with your opinion, but I still disagree.
我理解你的看法，但我仍然不同意。
sympathize with sb about/over sth
用 about 或 over 引出同情、怜悯的具体原因或事件。
He sympathized with her over the loss of her job.
他对她失去工作表示同情。
Verb forms
base sympathize · third person sympathizes · -ing sympathizing · past sympathized · past participle sympathized
常用搭配 sympathize with，表示同情、理解或同意。
Common mistakes
I sympathize him.I sympathize with him.
sympathize 是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语，必须在宾语前加介词 with；汉语“同情他”的“他”在英语中要由 with 引出。
She sympathized to the victims.She sympathized with the victims.
汉语“对……表示同情”里的“对”常被误译为 to，但 sympathize 的固定搭配是 sympathize with，with 后接同情的对象。
Connections
Collocations
- sympathize with someone
- 同情某人；对某人表示同情
- I really sympathize with her after she lost her job.她失业后我非常同情她。
- deeply sympathize
- 深表同情
- We deeply sympathize with the families of the victims.我们对遇难者家属深表同情。
- sympathize with a cause
- 支持某一事业；赞同某种主张
- Many students sympathized with the cause of environmental protection.许多学生支持环保事业。
- sympathize with someone's feelings
- 体谅某人的感受
- I can sympathize with your feelings of frustration.我能体谅你沮丧的感受。
- sympathize with the view
- 赞同这一观点
- I sympathize with the view that education should be free.我赞同教育应该免费的观点。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记法：拼写里有 path（小路）——和他走上同一条路，用心感受他的处境，就是同情、体谅。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：formal writing、discussions about feelings、official condolences sympathize 多用于书面或较正式场合，比如新闻报道、评论和正式慰问；在日常口语中，表达‘同情、体谅’时更常说 feel sorry for 或 understand。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with sympathize: their stressed vowel and following sounds match (/aɪz/). Be careful: the spelling -ize is pronounced /aɪz/, not /ɪz/; words like sympathy look similar but end in /ɪ/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.