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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary em·pa·thy ETYMOLOGY Greek empatheia, literally, passion, from empathēs emotional, from em- + pathos feelings, emotion — more at pathos DATE 1850 1. the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it 2. the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner; also : the capacity for this English Etymology empathy 1903, translation of Ger. Einfühlung (from ein "in" + Fühlung"feeling"), coined 1858 by Ger. philosopher Rudolf Lotze (1817-81) from Gk. empatheia "passion," from en- "in" + pathos "feeling" (see pathos). A term from a theory of art appreciation. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 empathy em·pathy / 5empEWi / noun[U] ~ (with sb / sth) | ~ (for sb / sth) | ~ (between A and B) the ability to understand another person's feelings, experience, etc. 同感；共鸣；同情: the writer's imaginative empathy with his subject 作者把想像中的感情投入到笔下的人物 empathy for other people's situations 对他人所处境况的同情 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English empathy noun ADJ. deep, great, real | total VERB + EMPATHY feel, have | demonstrate, show | develop, establish PREP. ~ between The nurse should try to develop empathy between herself and the patient. | ~ for I felt real empathy for my mother and what she had been through. | ~ with She had a deep empathy with animals. PHRASES a feeling of empathy, a lack of empathy OLT empathy noun ⇨ bond Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged em·pa·thy \ˈempəthē, -thi\ noun (-es) Etymology: en- (II) + -pathy; translation of German einfühlung 1. : the imaginative projection of a subjective state whether affective, conative, or cognitive into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it : the reading of one's own state of mind or conation into an object (as an artistic object) < without empathy an artistic emotion is purely intellectual and associative — W.H.Wright > 2. : the capacity for participating in or a vicarious experiencing of another's feelings, volitions, or ideas and sometimes another's movements to the point of executing bodily movements resembling his < the goal of all reading is empathy with the content and the spirit of the material read — Stella Center > < an example of empathy is a feeding situation in which a fright experienced by the mother results in eating disturbances on the part of the child — G.S.Blum > Synonyms: see sympathy |
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