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sym·pa·thy
\\ˈsim-pə-thē\\ noun
(plural -thies)1.
  a. an affinity, association, or relationship between persons or things wherein whatever affects one similarly affects the other
  b. mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it
  c. unity or harmony in action or effect
      every part is in complete sympathy with the scheme as a whole — Edwin Benson
2.
  a. inclination to think or feel alike : emotional or intellectual accord
      in sympathy with their goals
  b. feeling of loyalty : tendency to favor or support
      republican sympathies
3.
  a. the act or capacity of entering into or sharing the feelings or interests of another
  b. the feeling or mental state brought about by such sensitivity
      have sympathy for the poor
4. the correlation existing between bodies capable of communicating their vibrational energy to one another through some medium
Synonyms: see ,

sympathy
  1570s, "affinity between certain things," from M.Fr. sympathie, from L.L. sympathia "community of feeling, sympathy," from Gk. sympatheia, from sympathes "having a fellow feeling, affected by like feelings," from syn- "together" + pathos "feeling" (see pathos). In English, almost a magical notion at first; e.g. in reference to medicines that heal wounds when applied to a cloth stained with blood from the wound. Meaning "conformity of feelings" is from 1590s; sense of "fellow feeling" is first attested 1660s.

☞ sympathy
sym·pathy / 5simpEWi / noun (pl. -ies)
1. [U, C, usually pl.] the feeling of being sorry for sb; showing that you understand and care about sb's problems
   同情:
   to express / feel sympathy for sb
   向某人表示体恤；对某人感到同情
   I have no sympathy for Jan, it's all her own fault.
   我不同情简,那都是她自己的错。
   I wish he'd show me a little more sympathy.
   我多希望他能再体谅我一点。
    Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the victims of the war.
   我们对战争的受害者表示由衷的同情。
  (formal) May we offer our deepest sympathies on the death of your wife.
   我们谨对尊夫人去世表示最深切的慰唁。
2. [U, C, usually pl.] the act of showing support for or approval of an idea, a cause, an organization, etc.
   赞同；支持:
   The seamen went on strike in sympathy with (= to show their support for) the dockers.
   海员举行罢工,以表示对码头工人的支持。
   Her sympathies lie with the anti-abortion lobby.
   她支持反堕胎的团体。
3. [U] friendship and understanding between people who have similar opinions or interests
   意气相投；志同道合:
   There was no personal sympathy between them.
   他们个人之间全无相投之处。
 IDIOMS 
▪ in 'sympathy with sth
   happening because sth else has happened
   因…而出现；相应发生:
   Share prices slipped in sympathy with the German market.
   受德国市场影响,股票价格出现下跌。
▪ out of 'sympathy with sb / sth
   not agreeing with or not wanting to support sb / sth
   不赞成,不支持(某人或事物)

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sym·pa·thy
\ˈsimpəthē, -thi\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Latin sympathia state of feeling in common, from Greek sympatheia, from sympathēs having common feelings, sympathetic (from syn- + pathos feelings, emotion, experience) + -ia -y — more at
1. archaic : correspondence in qualities, properties, or disposition : mutual suitability :
 < you are not young, no more am I; go to then, there's sympathy — Shakespeare >
2.
 a. : an affinity, association, or relationship between persons or things or between persons and things wherein whatever affects one similarly affects the other
  < steel prices have advanced in this district in sympathy with rising prices elsewhere >
  < the magical sympathy … supposed to exist between a man and any severed portion of his person, as his hair or nails — J.G.Frazer >
 b. : mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it
  < there is a purely physical sympathy: a very young child will cry because a brother or sister is crying — Bertrand Russell >
 c. : unity or harmony in action or effect
  < the most felicitous unity of general design … for every part is in complete sympathy with the scheme as a whole — Edwin Benson >
3.
 a. : inclination to think or feel alike : emotional or intellectual accord
  < sympathy is as essential as love in marriage >
  < though not a member of the Society of Friends, I am in sympathy with their aims >
 b. : feeling of loyalty : tendency to favor or support : active interest
  < always identified in sympathy with the laboring classes — E.S.Bates >
  — often used in plural
  < radical sympathies >
  < republican sympathies >
  < they were Philadelphians, Quaker in their religious sympathies — Lucien Price >
4.
 a. : the act or capacity of entering into or sharing the feelings or interests of another : the character or fact of being sensitive to or affected by another's emotions, experiences, or especially sorrows
 b. : the feeling or mental state brought about by such sensitivity : the expression or demonstration of this feeling
  < have sympathy for the poor >
  < seek sympathy from a friend >
  < a boy goes for sympathy and companionship to his mother and sisters, not often to his father — A.C.Benson >
5. : the correlation existing between bodies capable of communicating their vibrational energy to one another through some medium
Synonyms:
 , , , , , : is the most general term, ranging in meaning from friendly interest or agreement in taste or opinion to emotional identification, often accompanied by deep tenderness
  < in immediate sympathy with my desire to increase my … knowledge — David Fairchild >
  < sympathies were … with the Roman Stoics — Havelock Ellis >
  < satire had its roots not in hatred but in sympathy — Bliss Perry >
  has the strongest emotional connotation; the emotion may be one of tenderness, love, or respect induced by the magnitude of another's suffering or of fellowship with the sufferer
  < pity is the feeling which arrests the mind in the presence of whatsoever is grave and constant in human sufferings and unites it with the human sufferer — James Joyce >
  < pity that made you cry … not for this person or that person who is suffering, but … for the very nature of things … out of pity comes the balm which heals — William Saroyan >
  may suggest a tinge of contempt for one who is inferior whether because of suffering or from inherent weakness; there is also a frequent suggestion that the effect if not the purpose of pity is to keep the object in a weak or inferior state
  < pity for the man who could think of nothing better — T.S.Eliot >
  < the parents of a crippled child should give him understanding and challenge rather than pity >
  orig. meant fellowship in suffering between equals; now it denotes imaginative or emotional sharing of the distress or misfortune of another or others who are considered or treated as equals; it implies tenderness and understanding as well as an urgent desire to aid and spare
  < one of his neighbor women cooked a chicken and brought it in to him out of pure compassion — Willa Cather >
  < with understanding, with compassion (so different from pity) she shows the sordid impact … on the lives of the natives — Sarah Campion >
  < when Jesus came in his gentleness with his divine compassion — Robert Bridges †1930 >
  but while suggests a greater dignity in the object then often does, it also implies a greater detachment in the subject
  < as a priest he regards all history from that eminence of spiritual objectivity which is called compassion — W.F.Albright >
  and agree in placing the emphasis on expression of a feeling for another's affliction, rather than on the feeling itself. denotes a spontaneous and vocal expression, often one made in public or by a crowd
  < there was a murmur of commiseration as Charles Darnay crossed the room … the soft and compassionate voices of women — Charles Dickens >
  denotes a formal expression of sympathy especially for the loss of a relative through death and refers strictly to an observance of etiquette without any implication as to the underlying feeling
  < a condolence call >
  < they received many condolences >
  denotes softening of a stern or indifferent disposition
  < look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth — John Milton >
  , of all the terms here represented, has the least emotional content; it describes a gift, often a cultivated gift, for vicarious feeling, but the feeling need not be one of sorrow; thus is often used as a synonym for some senses of as well as in distinction from
  < what he lacks is not sympathy but empathy, the ability to put himself in the other fellow's place — G.W.Johnson >
  is frequently employed with reference to a nonhuman object (as a literary character, an idea, culture, or work of art)

  < a fundamental component of the aesthetic attitude is sympathy, or — more accurately — empathy. In the presence of any work of art … the recipient … must surrender his independent and outstanding personality, to identify himself with the form or action presented by the artist — Herbert Read >