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 ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb2Her 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。
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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 ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1He'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。
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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。
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Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to an affinity or paranormal influence’): from sympathy, on the pattern of pathetic.