Word · Frequency #23408
sympathizer
同情者；怜悯者
a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
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n. commiserates with someone who has had misfortune；n. someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful
同情者；怜悯者
支持者；赞同者；同情者；怜悯者；同意者；支持者；[医] 同感眼
In use
After the fire destroyed their home, a kind sympathizer offered them a place to stay.
Her speech won over many sympathizers who shared her concern about plastic waste.
He was a sympathizer of the movement, but he never joined the protests.
be a sympathizer with [person/group]
此结构强调对遭遇不幸者的怜悯，介词 with 与动词 sympathize with 一致。
She was a sympathizer with the victims of the earthquake.
她是地震灾民的同情者。
a [political/ideological group] sympathizer
此结构表示赞同或支持某政治派别或意识形态的人，修饰语通常为政党、组织或主义名称。
The police arrested several communist sympathizers.
警方逮捕了几名共产主义同情者。
a sympathizer of [movement/opinion]
与 with 相比，of 更侧重所支持或赞同的对象，常用于表示对某种运动或主张的支持。
Many considered her a sympathizer of the feminist movement.
许多人认为她是女权运动的支持者。
Common mistakes
I sympathizer with you in your loss.I sympathize with you in your loss.
sympathizer 是名词，意为“同情者”；谓语位置需要动词 sympathize（同情），不能用名词形式作谓语。
She is sympathizer of the reform movement.She is a sympathizer of the reform movement.
sympathizer 是可数名词单数，前面必须有冠词 a/an；中文没有冠词，所以容易漏掉。
The two sympathizer were questioned by police.The two sympathizers were questioned by police.
sympathizer 的复数是 sympathizers；中文名词没有复数变化，所以需在英语中加 -s 并保持主谓一致。
Connections
Collocations
- Nazi sympathizer
- 纳粹同情者
- The journalist was labeled a Nazi sympathizer for his editorial.这位记者因其社论被贴上纳粹同情者的标签。
- communist sympathizer
- 共产主义同情者
- She was interrogated for being a communist sympathizer.她因是共产主义同情者而受到审讯。
- terrorist sympathizer
- 恐怖主义同情者
- The government arrested anyone suspected of being a terrorist sympathizer.政府逮捕了任何涉嫌同情恐怖分子的人。
- secret sympathizer
- 秘密同情者
- He was a secret sympathizer with the resistance movement.他是抵抗运动的秘密同情者。
- avowed sympathizer
- 公开表明的同情者
- She became an avowed sympathizer of the workers' union.她成为工会的公开同情者。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 sympathy（同情）+ -er（者）：把他人苦难放在心上的人；sym-如‘同’，path如‘路’，一同走别人的路，体会其感受。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：political discussion、news reports、formal writing 该词多用于正式或书面语境，常指同情某人遭遇或支持某观点、运动的人。在新闻和政治讨论中较常见；日常口语中较少使用，更常直接说 supporter 或 someone who sympathizes。
Grammar Note
复数形式为 sympathizers。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以下单词都有相同的拼写结尾 -izer，但发音与 sympathizer 并不同韵：sympathizer 的重音在第一音节，元音为 /ɪ/，而上述单词的重读元音各不相同。真正与 sympathizer 同韵的常用词极少；拼写最接近的 empathizer 也只是形似，其重读元音为 /ɛ/，并非同韵。
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.