sym‧pa‧thy W3 / sɪmpəθi / 名词 ( 复数形式 sympathies )

1 [复数形式，不可数] the feeling of being sorry for someone who is in a bad situation

sympathy for

I have a lot of sympathy for her; she had to bring up the children on her own.

I have absolutely no sympathy for students who get caught cheating in exams.

Our sympathies are with the families of the victims.

2 [复数形式，不可数] belief in or support for a plan, idea, or action, especially a political one

in sympathy with something

Willard is in sympathy with many Green Party issues.

Her sympathies lie firmly with the Conservative Party.

Communist/Republican/left-wing etc sympathies

Matheson is known for his pro-socialist sympathies.

sympathy with/for

Sullivan expressed sympathy for the striking federal workers.

3 [不可数名词] a feeling that you understand someone because you are similar to them :

There was no personal sympathy between them.

COLLOCATIONS

动词

have/feel sympathy for somebody It’s hard not to feel sympathy for the losing team.

express/offer (your) sympathy Everyone there expressed their sympathy.

get sympathy from somebody I thought at least I’d get some sympathy from you.

deserve sympathy He doesn’t deserve any sympathy - it’s his own fault.

play on sb’s sympathy (= make someone feel sorry for you in order to get an advantage for yourself ) If that doesn’t work, she knows how to play on his sympathy.

expect sympathy I know I can’t expect any sympathy from her!

形容词

deep/deepest sympathy (= used when someone is upset after a death ) We’d like to offer our deepest sympathy to Hilda and her family.

great sympathy I have great sympathy for the people affected by the housing crisis.

短语

a message/letter of sympathy We are grateful for all the messages of sympathy we have received.

an expression of sympathy I murmured an expression of sympathy.

have every sympathy for somebody (= feel very sorry for someone - often used when you have had a similar experience yourself ) I have every sympathy for people who find it hard to give up smoking.

you have my sympathy (= used when saying that you feel sorry for someone ) It must be difficult – you have my sympathy.

extend your sympathy to somebody formal (= express sympathy ) I’d like to extend my deepest sympathy to the victim’s family.

my/our sympathy goes out to somebody formal (= used to formally express sympathy ) Our sympathy goes out to Peggy in her great loss.