compassion
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n. (名词)
- 同情，怜悯，怜恤，恻隐
- 同情心
v. (动词)
- <罕>同情，怜悯
n. (名词)
- [U]怜悯，同情 pity feeling for the sufferings of others
Noun:
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a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
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the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
- 1. The president insisted that he was acting out of compassion, not opportunism.
- 总统坚持说他如此做是出于同情而不是为了投机。
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- 2. This comedy of contemporary manners is told with compassion and acid humour.
- 这部当代风尚喜剧杂糅了悲悯的情怀和尖酸的幽默。
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- 3. I feel more compassion and less anger than I used to.
- 我觉得自己比过去多了些同情，少了些怒气。
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- 4. Mum was incensed at his lack of compassion.
- 妈妈被他缺乏同情心的表现激怒了。
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- 5. They were godlike in their wisdom and compassion.
- 他们有上帝般的智慧和同情心。
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用作名词 (n.)
- I had compassion for him.
我怜悯他。
- He teaches us to have compassion on the poor.
他教导我们对穷人应有怜悯心。
- Compassion is a sign of weakness.
怜悯是弱者的标志。
- I should not have compassion for those lofty birds.
我不会怜悯这些高贵的鸟。
- We had compassion for the poor widow.
我们同情这个可怜的寡妇。
- The nurse had great compassion for her patients.
那位护士十分同情她的病人。
- I feel a measure of compassion for her.
我对她怀有一定程度的同情。
- Compassion often engenders love.
同情常会产生爱情。
用作名词 (n.)
- She showed no compassion for her patients.
她对病人没有任何同情心。
- Her own experiences had taught her to have compassion for misunderstood children.
她自身的遭遇使她认识到应对那些受到误解的孩子予以同情。
- He was mouthing the usual platitudes about the need for more compassion.
他言不由衷地说了些需要更加同情之类的陈腔滥调。
n. (名词)
- compassion, mercy, pity, sympathy
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- 这组词都有“同情”或“可怜”的意思。其区别在于:pity通常只表示内心感到难过或同情,少给予帮助; sympathy指“同情心”或“恻隐之心”,强调共同分担,进而对某种经历或遭遇引起共鸣; compassion指“同情心”,强调由于理解而同情,并主动给予帮助,常常指通过自身痛苦或不幸而同情别人; mercy指“仁慈”或“怜悯”,含有主动救助别人脱离苦难之义。例如:
- It is a pity that such an ability as him should be employed about such trifle matters.真可惜,像他这样有才能的人竟然被用来做这类琐事。
- Her own experiences had taught her to have compassion for misunderstood children.她自身的遭遇使她认识到应对那些受到误解的孩子予以同情。
- The criminal pleaded with the jury for mercy.犯人恳求陪审团宽恕他。
- He was moved with sympathy.他动了恻隐之心。
- pity，mercy，sympathy，compassion
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- 这些名词均有“同情、怜悯”之意。
- pity指对弱者、不幸者所表示的怜惜之情。
- mercy侧重指对应受惩罚或地位卑下者的慈悲或怜悯。
- sympathy普通常用词，含义广。指志趣、看法上的一致，也指感情相投，带有深深的恻隐之心的亲切之情。
- compassion较正式较庄重用词，指对同等人的同情与理解，常含急切愿意帮忙的意味。
