Sympathetic
[sɪmpə'θetɪk] or [,sɪmpə'θɛtɪk]
解释:
(adj.) having similar disposition and tastes; 'with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion' .
(adj.) expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; 'sympathetic to the students' cause'; 'a sympathetic observer'; 'a sympathetic gesture' .
(adj.) (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; 'the sympathetic characters in the play' .
(adj.) of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system; 'sympathetic neurons'; 'sympathetic stimulation' .
布赖恩手打--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.
(a.) Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy.
(a.) Produced by sympathy; -- applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See Sympathy.
(a.) Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber.
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同义词及近义词：
a. Compassionate, sympathizing, commiserating, pitiful, tender, kind, affectionate, loving, with the heart in the right place.
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- Seashells when held to the ear seem to contain the roar of the sea; this is because the air within the shell is set into sympathetic vibrations by some external tone. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The Commissioners had a good deal of sympathy for the prostitute's condition, but for that lust in the hearts of men, and women we may add, for that, they had no sympathetic understanding. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- A nation must, so to speak, live close to its own life, be intimate and sympathetic with natural events. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The charm which the spontaneity of little children has for sympathetic observers is due to perception of this intellectual originality. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- All her eagerness for acquirement lay within that full current of sympathetic motive in which her ideas and impulses were habitually swept along. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- I am glad that I have loved, and have experienced sympathetic joy and sorrow with my fellow-creatures. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Herbert threw in, with his eyes on the fire; which I thought kind and sympathetic of him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Bodies which respond in this way are said to be sympathetic and the response produced is called _resonance_. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- I formerly spoke to very many naturalists on the subject of evolution, and never once met with any sympathetic agreement. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Though warm-hearted and sympathetic, she was not nervous; powerful emotions could rouse and sway without exhausting her spirit. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Thenlooking up, have I seen in the sky a head amidst circling stars, of which the midmost and the brightest lent a ray sympathetic and attent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- N-no,' replied Georgiana, faintly, under the sympathetic coincidence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- When a human being talks or sings, the air within the mouth cavity is thrown into sympathetic vibration and strengthens the otherwise feeble tone of the speaker. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Maternity must forth to the streets, to the herb-makers and bakers'-queues; meets there with hunger-stricken Maternity, sympathetic, exasperative. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- With respect to sympathetic curiosity, unbiased responsiveness, and openness of mind, we may say that the adult should be growing in childlikeness. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- By an effort of the sympathetic imagination you can revive within yourself something of my inward sense. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Mrs. Archer sounded a sympathetic assent. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- There is, of course, the other woman, the drink, the push, the blow, the bruise, the sympathetic sister or landlady. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- This,' said Mrs Wilfer, presenting a cheek to be kissed, as sympathetic and responsive as the back of the bowl of a spoon, 'is quite an honour! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Joe and Biddy were very sympathetic and pleasant when I spoke of our approaching separation; but they only referred to it when I did. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- The two officers, looking at the prostrate Bacchanalian, and askance at each other, exchanged the most frightful sympathetic grins. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- They were, unconsciously, his idol, his God made manifeSt. In them he worshipped the highest, the great, sympathetic, mindless Godhead of humanity. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- All the three children enjoyed this to a delightful extent, and the sympathetic Sloppy again laughed long and loud. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- In this mood of self-approval she had a sympathetic eye for others, and she was struck by her friend's air of dejection. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- I heard his sympathetic voice travelling away from me by degrees--but, large as he was, I never heard him. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I was sorry to cause you the sympathetic pain which I know that you felt. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- There were no means of carrying its results even to sympathetic men abroad except by tedious letter-writing. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Finally, those sentiments dictate the lines--grateful, sympathetic, paternal lines--which appear in this place. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- So it could be sympathetic to agitations. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Not an officer or a man was there of those brave and sympathetic Frenchmen who did not quickly beg leave to be one of the expedition. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
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