[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]有同情心的;表示同情的 If you describe someone or something as compassionate, you mean that they feel or show pity, sympathy, and understanding for people who are suffering.
[usu ADJ n]
[approval]
My father was a deeply compassionate man...
我父亲是一个非常富有同情心的人。
She has a wise, compassionate face...
她的脸上显露出智慧和同情。
Robert Tanitch describes the film as 'deeply compassionate'.
罗伯特·塔尼说这部电影“非常感人”。
compassionately
He smiled compassionately at her.
他向她报以同情的微笑。
Oxford
com·pas·sion·ate/kəmˈpæʃənət; NAmEkəmˈpæʃənət/adjectivefeeling or showing sympathy for people who are suffering 有同情心的;表示怜悯的◆He was allowed to go home on compassionate grounds (= because he was suffering).他因为得到同情而获准回家。▶com·pas·sion·ate·ly/kəmˈpæʃənətli; NAmEkəmˈpæʃənətli/adverbcom·pas·sion·ate/kəmˈpæʃənət; NAmEkəmˈpæʃənət/com·pas·sion·ate·ly/kəmˈpæʃənətli; NAmEkəmˈpæʃənətli/
feeling sympathy for people who are suffering: a caring compassionate man I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds. One measure of a civilized and compassionate society is how well it treats its prison population.► see thesaurus at
sympathetic
—compassionately adverb
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