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empathy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++em·pa·thy /ˈempəθi/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]  UNDERSTANDthe ability to understand other people’s feelings and problems 同情;同感,共鸣 sympathyempathy with/for She had great empathy with people. 她对人充满同情之心。empathetic /ˌempəˈθetɪk◂/ (also empathic /emˈpəθɪk/) adjective
Examples from the Corpus
empathyAnd, of course, empathy creates a closeness between you and your child.Both authors have the skill to make you feel great empathy with their heroines.Any practising industrial chemist will have great empathy with this and many other of the author's sentiments.But the same ability to inspire and persuade through empathy and trust can be and should be present in all organizations.Barriers to empathy are created by some social structures and divisions, such as those of race, religion and class.One goal in the end is to develop victim empathy.As you increase the limit setting, you need to increase your empathy.empathy with/forThey could combine their compassion and empathy with being helpful.Communication that demonstrates empathy for the listener will produce highly favorable reactions.They feel empathy for what he felt.Both authors have the skill to make you feel great empathy with their heroines.Any practising industrial chemist will have great empathy with this and many other of the author's sentiments.I felt a very real empathy for it.Perhaps arising from the close personal comradeship of those war years was Basil's empathy with ordinary working folk.He concludes, not by committing himself to atheism but showing empathy with it.
Origin empathy (1900-2000) Greek empatheia, from pathos suffering, feeling
em·pa·thy nounChineseSyllable
feelings the understand to problems and other Corpus ability people’s


empathy
empathy /ˈempəθi/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: Greek
 Origin: empatheia, from pathos 'suffering, feeling'
the ability to understand other people’s feelings and problems ⇨ sympathy
    empathy with/for
    She had great empathy with people.
—empathetic /ˌempəˈθetɪk◂/ (also empathic /emˈpəθɪk/) adjective


em·pathyBrE /ˈempəθi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈempəθi/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the ability to understand another person's feelings, experience, etc. 同感;共鸣;同情~ (with sb/sth) the writer's imaginative empathy with his subject作者在想象中与笔下的人物情感共呜~ (for sb/sth) empathy for other people's situations对他人所处境况的同情~ (between A and B) The empathy between the two women was obvious. 显然这两个女人心灵相通。🔊🔊