(1)同情(心)(feeling or expression of pity or sorrow for the distress of another)[U][N (for/towards)]：People are full of tremendous～for the war orphans/the down trodden/their sufferings. 人们对战争孤儿/受践踏者/他们的痛苦充满极大同情。She never expressed/had/felt any～for the poor families. 她从来没有对穷苦家庭表示过/有过/感到同情。Her face expressed a pure～/was all～. 她的面部表情完全是同情/她一脸同情的表情。I can only give you all my～. 我只能给予你我的全部同情。You can get no～from anybody. 你不可能从任何人那里得到同情。The sight of him touched her and filled her with a womanly/swelling～. 他的身影触动了她，并引发了她那女人的/愈加强烈的同情心。She received many letters of～. 她收到了许多慰问信。〖同〗concern，feeling，tenderness，sorrow，pity;〖反〗coldness，pitilessness，indifference，unconcern;

(2)慰问，吊唁(statement of the feelings of being sorrowful，etc，given or sent to sb)[pl]：He sent his～ies on the death of their father. 他写信对他们的父亲去世表示慰问。Please give him my～ies. 请向他表示我的慰问。

(3)同感(一致)(mutual understanding or affection between persons) [U] [N(between)]： a bond of～意气相投的凝聚力;It was impossible for much～to exist between such different people. 在如此不同的人们中间不可能在多方面取得一致。There was an instant～between the two men. 两人之间立刻产生了同感。The～between the twins was so great that they always smiled or cried at the same things. 这两个双胞胎如此一致，在同样的事情上反应总是完全一样。He viewed the plan with～and publicly backed it. 他对这个计划很赞同，并公开予以支持。be in～with sb's proposals/sb's ideas 赞同某人的建议/想法;come out in～with the miners 行动起来援助矿工;〖同〗harmony，understanding，agreement，regard，fellowship，friendship;〖反〗hostility，misunderstanding;

(4)赞同，支持(approval;favour)[pl]：Whose～ies lie with our political opponents? 谁会站在我们的政治对手一边?〖同〗support，favour，approval，agreement;〖反〗disfavour，disapproval，opposition;

have no/some sympathy with 不能/能赞成：I have no～with Johnson/such a stupid attitude. 我不能赞成约翰逊/如此愚蠢的态度。He has some～with the point of view. 他支持那个观点。

→͵sympa′thetic adj;′sympathize，-ise vi