compassion

英 [kəmˈpæʃn] 美 [kəmˈpæʃn]

n.  同情; 怜悯

复数:compassions

考研TOEFLGRETEM4TEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.7736 / COCA.4986



牛津词典

noun

  1. 同情;怜悯
    a strong feeling of sympathy for people who are suffering and a desire to help them
    1. to feel/show compassion
      感到 / 表示同情

柯林斯词典

  1. N-UNCOUNT 怜悯;同情
    Compassion is a feeling of pity, sympathy, and understanding for someone who is suffering.
    1. Elderly people need time and compassion from their physicians.
      老年人需要医生多花时间,还需要他们的关爱。

双语例句

  1. This comedy of contemporary manners is told with compassion and acid humour.
    这部当代风尚喜剧杂糅了悲悯的情怀和尖酸的幽默。
  2. Elderly people need time and compassion from their physicians.
    老年人需要医生多花时间,还需要他们的关爱。
  3. They were godlike in their wisdom and compassion.
    他们有上帝般的智慧和同情心。
  4. The president insisted that he was acting out of compassion, not opportunism
    总统坚持说他如此做是出于同情而不是为了投机。
  5. I was prepared to be magnanimous, prepared to feel compassion for him
    我准备表现得宽宏大量,同情他的境遇。
  6. In him the polarities of life are resolved and balanced: male and female, strength and compassion, severity and mercy.
    在他身上,生命的两面性达到了调和与平衡:阳刚和阴柔、强悍和怜悯,还有严厉和仁慈。
  7. I feel more compassion and less anger than I used to.
    我觉得自己比过去多了些同情,少了些怒气。
  8. He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.
    他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
  9. He was moved with compassion.
    他起了恻隐之心。
  10. Everyone can feel compassion.
    恻隐之心,人皆有之。(《孟子》)
  11. She showed no compassion for her patients.
    她对病人没有任何同情心。
  12. Her own experiences had taught her to have compassion for misunderstood children.
    她自身的遭遇使她认识到应对那些受到误解的孩子予以同情。
  13. He was mouthing the usual platitudes about the need for more compassion.
    他言不由衷地说些需要更加同情之类的老一套话。
  14. Yonder sky has wept tears of compassion upon my people for centuries untold.
    数不尽的世代以来,渺渺苍天曾为我同胞们洒下多少同情之泪。
  15. You're not only helping that person but you also have the opportunity to grow in compassion.
    你不只是在帮助这个人,你也得到了一次在同情中成长的机会。
  16. Love, pride, desire and compassion were forgotten emotions.
    爱情、骄傲、欲望和热情已经被遗忘了。
  17. Through compassion and caring we can create hope.
    通过相互之间的怜悯和关爱,我们能够创造希望。
  18. I am thankful that I have faith in love and compassion and universal goodness.
    我感谢我有对爱、同情心和宇宙中善的笃信。
  19. We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.
    我们不需要枪和炸弹带来和平,我需要爱和同情。
  20. You experience a feeling of unconditional love and compassion.
    你体验无条件的爱与慈悲的感觉。
  21. However, I find that there is a wisdom and compassion in his style of writing.
    然而,我发现有一个智慧和同情心在他的文风。
  22. I am especially thankful to Rinpoche for his strong compassion and kindness to us.
    我特别感谢仁波切对我们无比的慈悲与仁慈。
  23. As polarity ceases the belief in light and dark ceases and love and compassion is born.
    当极性停止,对光明和黑暗的信念就停止,而爱和同情就诞生。
  24. If things are good, he brings compassion and a touch of magic.
    如果事情是好的,他带来了同情和魔力。
  25. His constant and deep grief fills me with sympathy and compassion.
    他终日陷在深不可测的悲哀之中,使我对他不胜同情和怜悯。
  26. Teach me to love my enemies and to have compassion for them.
    教导我爱我的敌人有同情他们。
  27. If you have compassion for your client.
    如果你对你的委托人存有怜悯的话。
  28. Concern and compassion were not things I was used to receiving.
    关心和同情是我不习惯的事情。
  29. I have efforted to give to you My children all my understanding and compassion.
    我已尽力给予你,我的孩子们,我全部的理解与怜悯。
  30. Your kindness, compassion, and mercy.
    你的善良、怜悯和仁慈。

同义词辨析

  mercy charity compassion kindness【导航词义:仁慈,慈悲】

  mercy n. 仁慈,宽恕

〔辨析〕指对有权处置或惩罚之人表现出的慈悲或怜悯。

〔例证〕
He showed mercy to the thief and let him go.
他对窃贼很仁慈,放他走了。
He knelt down and begged for mercy.
他跪倒在地,乞求宽恕。

  charity n. 〈正式〉宽容,宽厚

〔辨析〕指对他人表现出的仁慈或同情。

〔例证〕
Her neighbours were deeply moved by her works of charity.
邻居们被她的善举深深感动了。
Public opinions showed him little charity.
社会舆论对他毫不宽容。

  compassion n. 怜悯,同情

〔辨析〕指对某人遭遇的极大同情,并意欲提供帮助,多含褒义。

〔例证〕
She showed strong compassion for the poor.
她对穷人表现出了强烈的同情。
He talked to her with compassion.
他满怀同情地和她讲话。

  kindness n. 仁慈,和蔼,好意

〔辨析〕普通用词,指对他人的友好举动。

〔例证〕
Those children will never forget her kindness.
那些孩子永远也不会忘了她的好意。
She always treats people with kindness.
她总是和蔼待人。

  sympathy compassion pity【导航词义:同情】

  sympathy n. 同情,怜悯

〔辨析〕普通用词,表示对他人遭遇、境况等的同情、怜惜,含有感同身受的意味,作此义解时常后接介词 for。

〔例证〕
She showed her sympathy for the lonely man.
她非常同情这个孤独的男人。
She used her sob story to gain sympathy from the press.
她用自己的悲伤故事赢得新闻界的同情。
Gorky had great sympathy for the poor and the down-trodden.
高尔基非常同情穷人和受压迫者。

  compassion n. 怜悯,同情

〔辨析〕较正式用词,指对他人不幸遭遇的同情和怜悯,含愿意提供帮助之意。

〔例证〕
They had much compassion for the widow who moved here last Friday.
他们很同情上周五搬来这里的那个寡妇。
I feel a measure of compassion for the woman.
我对那个女人怀有一定程度的同情。
Compassion is the basis of all morality.
同情是一切道德的基础。

  pity n. 怜悯,同情

〔辨析〕指对弱者、不幸者的苦难、困境等表示的怜悯。

〔例证〕
She felt pity for a man suffering so much.
她对那个受过那么多痛苦的人感到同情。
I listened to his sad story with pity.
我同情地听他讲述他的悲惨故事。
I detected a note of pity in her voice.
我觉察到她的话音里带着同情。
He looked so exhausted that his friends started to take pity on him.
他看上去如此疲惫不堪,他的朋友们开始同情他了。

英英释义

noun

  1. the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it

      Synonym:    pity

    1. a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering

        Synonym:    compassionateness