sympathize

verb

/ˈsɪmpəθaɪz/

(British English also sympathise)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they sympathize	/ˈsɪmpəθaɪz/ /ˈsɪmpəθaɪz/
he / she / it sympathizes	/ˈsɪmpəθaɪzɪz/ /ˈsɪmpəθaɪzɪz/
past simple sympathized	/ˈsɪmpəθaɪzd/ /ˈsɪmpəθaɪzd/
past participle sympathized	/ˈsɪmpəθaɪzd/ /ˈsɪmpəθaɪzd/
-ing form sympathizing	/ˈsɪmpəθaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈsɪmpəθaɪzɪŋ/

[intransitive, transitive] to feel sorry for somebody; to show that you understand and feel sorry about somebody’s problems同情
- sympathize (with somebody/something) I find it very hard to sympathize with him.我觉得很难去同情他。
- + speech ‘That's too bad,’ she sympathized.“那太糟糕了，”她同情地说。
- We sympathized with the bereaved family.我们很同情这个遭受丧亲之痛的家庭。
- ‘I've got a terrible headache.’ ‘I can sympathize. I had one yesterday.’“我头痛得很厉害。”“我能理解。昨天我也头痛了。”
- I can really sympathize with what she's going through.我真的很同情她的遭遇。
- It is hard not to sympathize with her dilemma.很难不对她的困境表示同情。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- completely
- deeply
- fully
- …
verb + sympathize
- can
- be easy to
- be hard to
- …
preposition
- with
[intransitive] sympathize with somebody/something to support somebody/something赞同；支持
- He has never really sympathized with the aims of Animal Rights activists.他从来没有真正赞同过动物权利保护者的目标。
- I completely sympathize with the workers' situation.我完全体谅工人们的处境。
- I entirely sympathize with this view.我完全赞同这个观点。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- completely
- deeply
- fully
- …
verb + sympathize
- can
- be easy to
- be hard to
- …
preposition
- with

词源late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘suffer with another person’): from French sympathiser, from sympathie ‘sympathy, friendly understanding’ via Latin from Greek sumpatheia, from sumpathēs, from sun- ‘with’ + pathos ‘feeling’.