empathy

empathy
[ˈɛmpəθi]
noun
  1. [mass noun]the ability to understand and share the feelings of another
    同感,共鸣;同情
派生
empathetic
adjective
empathetically
adverb
empathic
[ɛmˈpaθɪk]
adjective
empathically
adverb
语源
  1. early 20th cent.: from Greek empatheia (from em- 'in' + pathos 'feeling') translating German Einfühlung
用法
  1. Confusion often arises between the words empathy and sympathy. Empathy means ‘the ability to understand and share the feelings of another’ (as in both authors have the skill to make you feel empathy with their heroines) whereas sympathy means ‘feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune’ (as in they had great sympathy for the flood victims)
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