sympathetic

adjective

/ˌsɪmpəˈθetɪk/

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kind to somebody who is hurt or sad; showing that you understand and care about their problems同情的；有同情心的；表示同情的
- a sympathetic listener体恤别人的听者
- a sympathetic response同情的回答
- She was very sympathetic when I was sick.我生病时，她非常同情我。
- sympathetic to/towards somebody I did not feel at all sympathetic towards Kate.我对凯特一点也不同情。
- I'm here if you need a sympathetic ear (= somebody to talk to about your problems).要是你想诉诉苦，那就跟我说吧。
Extra Examples
- Her aggressive attitude makes me less sympathetic to her plight.她挑衅的态度使我不再那么同情她的困境。
- I found the doctors quite sympathetic.我发觉医生很有同情心。
- My boss is being very sympathetic about my problems.我的老板对我遇到的问题表示非常体谅。
- Her attitude to my situation was less than sympathetic.她对我的处境并不同情。
- She made suitably sympathetic noises down the phone.她在电话里适当地说了一些表示同情的话。
- a patient and deeply sympathetic man一位有耐心且很有同情心的人
- He was a sympathetic and supportive husband.他是一个充满同情和支持的丈夫。
Topics Personal qualitiesb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- appear
- be
- feel
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- about
- to
- towards/toward
- …
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showing that you approve of somebody/something or that you share their views and are willing to support them赞同的；支持的
- He was speaking to a highly sympathetic audience.他正向极富同情心的观众讲话。
- sympathetic to/towards somebody/something to be sympathetic to the party’s aims赞同该党的目标
- Russian newspapers are largely sympathetic to the president.俄罗斯报章大都支持总统。
Extra Examples
- He'd written a not entirely sympathetic article in the ‘Globe’.他在《环球》杂志上发表了一篇不太有同情心的文章。
- The government is broadly sympathetic to our ideas.政府大体上赞同我们的想法。
Topics Opinion and argumentc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- appear
- be
- feel
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- about
- to
- towards/toward
- …
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(of a person人) easy to like让人喜欢的；招人喜爱的
- a sympathetic character in a novel小说中一个讨人喜欢的人物
- I don't find her a very sympathetic person.我觉得她并不十分招人喜欢。
- The character's faults actually make him more sympathetic.这个人物的缺点实则让他更具同情心。
opposite unsympatheticTopics Personal qualitiesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- appear
- be
- feel
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- about
- to
- towards/toward
- …
See full entry