sympathy

noun

1. an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

e.g. his sympathies were always with the underdog
I knew I could count on his understanding

Synonym: understanding

2. sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

Synonym: fellow feeling

3. a relation of affinity or harmony between people
whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other

e.g. the two of them were in close sympathy

1. 同情心;同情
If you have sympathy for someone who is in a bad situation, you are sorry for them, and show this in the way you behave towards them.

e.g. We expressed our sympathy for her loss...
我们对她的损失表示同情。
e.g. I have had very little help from doctors and no sympathy whatsoever...
我从医生那里没有得到什么帮助，也未获得丝毫同情。

2. (对观点、看法的)同意,支持
If you have sympathy with someone's ideas or opinions, you agree with them.

e.g. I have some sympathy with this point of view...
我比较同意这个观点。
e.g. Lithuania still commands considerable international sympathy for its cause...
立陶宛的事业仍然拥有相当的国际支持。

3. 支持
If you take some action in sympathy with someone else, you do it in order to show that you support them.

e.g. Several hundred workers struck in sympathy with their colleagues...
几百名工人罢工以声援他们的同事。
e.g. Milne resigned in sympathy because of the way Donald had been treated.
米尔恩以辞职来抗议唐纳德所遭受的不公待遇。

1. 交感作用：为传递不随意和无意识活动的各内脏器官的相互影响,即交感作用(sympathy)的特殊神经的意思. 它是很久以前由温斯洛[J.B.Winslow,(1732)]提出和命名的. 在人体上,其节前纤维从第1胸椎到第3-4腰椎的脊髓侧角的神经细胞(交感神经细胞)发出,

2. sympathy的近义词

2. 交感：129-133)(43) 好感或交感(Sympathy)大不同于爱德(神圣的夫妻爱). 交感是盲目的,爱德则出乎理智;交感出于生性调协与臭味相投,而爱德则奠基于心灵的交合及理智和意志的融洽. 因而交感是皮毛的、浮动的,而爱德则是诚挚的、恒久的.