the ability to understand another person’s feelings, experience, etc. 同感;共鸣;同情 - empathy (with somebody/something)
the writer’s imaginative empathy with his subject 作者在想象中与笔下的人物情感共呜 - empathy (for somebody/something)
empathy for other people’s situations 对他人所处境况的同情 - empathy (between A and B)
The empathy between the two women was obvious. 显然这两个女人心灵相通。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc1She had a deep empathy with animals. 她对动物有浓浓的爱心。 The nurse should try to develop empathy between herself and the patient. 护士应当努力与病人建立心理上的沟通。 Both authors have the skill to make you feel empathy with their heroines. 两位作者都有技巧让人对其女主角产生共鸣。 It is important to develop the empathy between dogs and their handlers. 培养狗和它们的主人之间的同理心很重要。 She shows a lack of empathy for other people's situations. 她显得对其他人的处境缺乏同情。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- great
- genuine
- …
- feel
- have
- demonstrate
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- empathy between
- empathy for
- empathy with
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- a feeling of empathy
- a lack of empathy
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Greek empatheia (from em- ‘in’ + pathos ‘feeling’) translating German Einfühlung.- empathy (with somebody/something)