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Compassion Latin Loan Translation Kəm'pæʃən N.同情,怜悯 同根词:Dispassiona Te(a 心平气和的);Impass

单词 compassion
音标 [kəm'pæʃən]
解释 n.同情,怜悯
红宝书 同根词:dispassiona te(a. 心平气和的);impass ive(a. 冷漠的)反义词:indifferenc e(n. 不关心的)
字源 compassion (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French compassion "sympathy, pity" (12c.), from Late Latin compassionem (nominative compassio) "sympathy," noun of state from past participle stem of compati "to feel pity," from com- "together" (see com-) + pati "to suffer" (see passion).
Latin compassio is an ecclesiastical loan-translation of Greek sympatheia (see sympathy). An Old English loan-translation of compassion was efenðrowung.
不择手段背单词 n. 同情怜悯(对别人的痛苦有深入了解, 并且希望他解脱出来)
【例】Her heart was filled with compassion 她充满了怜悯心.
【记】com共同, passion(n 感情)-引起共同感情-同情
【参】dispassionate(adj 心平气和的); impassive(adj 冷淡的)compassionate(adj 有同情心的 = sympathetic)
【反】indifference(n 不关心)
趣味全助记 【记】com + passion 同样感情

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