compassion

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n. 同情, 怜悯

发音

UK /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/
US /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/

词形变化

compassions 复数 compassions compassioned compassioning compassions 三单 compassioning 现在分词 compassioned 过去式 compassioned 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

同情；怜悯

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states.

    同情

    爱心

    不可数

    Oh! the unspeakable privilege to have Him for our Father, who is the Father of mercies and compassions, and those not barren, fruitless pityings, for He is withal the God of all consolations.

  2. 2.

    Deep awareness of the individual experiences of suffering of others or themselves that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such experiences, as reflected by the psychological term self-compassion.

    不可数 心理学 引申义

    True leadership lies in compassion, not in coercion.

v.
  1. 1.

    To pity.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

pity compassionateness

上位词 4

mercy sympathy fellow feeling mercifulness

下位词 6

mercy tenderness heartstrings mellowness mercifulness tenderheartedness

相关短语

compassion fatigue compassion fatigues

词源

From Middle English compassioun, compassion, from Old French compassion, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio (“sympathy”), from Latin compati, past participle compassus (“to suffer together with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion.

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