1sympathetic (to/towards sb) showing that you understand other people's feelings, especially their problems 同情的;体谅的:
When Suki was ill, everyone was very sympathetic.苏基生病时,大家都深表同情。I felt very sympathetic towards him.我非常同情他。☞In English, sympathetic does not mean ‘friendly and pleasant’. If you want to express this meaning, you say a person is niceI met Alex's sister yesterday. She's very nice. 英语中,sympathetic并非友善和礼貌的意思。表达这个意思可用nice:I met Alex's sister yesterday. She's very nice.我昨天遇到亚历克斯的姐姐,她很友善。
2sympathetic (to sb/sth) being in agreement with or supporting sb/sth 赞同的;支持的:
I explained our ideas but she wasn't sympathetic to them.我解释了我们的构想,但她不赞同。 [OPP] unsympathetic 反义词为unsympathetic➔sympathetically /-kli ||; -klɪ/ adv
sympathetic/͵sImpəˋθɛtIk; ˌsImpəˈθetIk◄/adj 1 showing that you understand and care about someone's problems [ unsympathetic ] 同情的﹐有同情心的: a sympathetic attitude 一种同情的态度+towards/to Parents aren’t always very sympathetic towards their children. 家长并不总是很理解子女。2 [not before noun 不用于名词前] willing to support someone's ideas or actions〔对某人的想法或行动〕赞同的﹐支持的: +to/towards He wanted someone who was sympathetic to his views. 他希望找到一个支持自己观点的人。 —sympathetically /-kḷI; -kli/adv
sympatheticadjective showing that you understand other people's feelings when they have problems: Everyone was very sympathetic when I was ill.oppositeunsympathetic▶ sympatheticallyadverb: He smiled sympathetically.