- compassion (for somebody)
a strong feeling of sympathy for people or animals who are suffering and a desire to help them 同情;怜悯 to feel/show compassion 感到/表示同情 She was known as a hard woman with no compassion, no emotion. 在人们眼中,她是个没有同情心、没有情感的冷酷女人。 In an overworked doctor, feelings of compassion are soon lost. 在一个过度劳累的医生身上,同情心很快就丧失了。
Extra ExamplesHe was filled with overwhelming love and compassion for his wife. 他对妻子充满了莫大的爱与怜悯。 I felt no compassion towards her. 我对她没有任何怜悯。 I survived. Someone or something had had compassion on me. 我活了下来,一定是上天可怜我。 In cities where many people beg, citizens quickly develop compassion fatigue. 在有许多人乞讨的城市里,市民们很快患上了同情疲劳症。 The old people are treated with great compassion. 老人们得到了深切的同情。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- great
- genuine
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- be filled with
- feel
- have
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- fatigue
- compassion for
- compassion towards/toward
- with compassion
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- love and compassion
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin compassio(n-), from compati ‘suffer with’.