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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- compassion [kəm'pæʃən]
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a feeling of distress and pity for the suffering or misfortune of another, often including the desire to alleviate it
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[Etymology]
C14: from Old French, from Late Latin compassi
o fellow feeling, from compati to suffer with, from Latin com- with + pati to bear, suffer
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a feeling of distress and pity for the suffering or misfortune of another, often including the desire to alleviate it
Examples
- sb's compassion for sb
- 某人对某人的同情 → compassion
- compassion fatigue → fatigue
- synthetic compassion → synthetic
- 恻隐之心，人皆有之。
- Compassion is common to all men. → 恻隐之心
- 哀怜
- feel compassion for; pity → 哀
- 佛家讲究四大皆空、慈悲为怀。
- Buddhists teach that all space-directions are void and compassion is the principle of life. → 四大皆空
- 不要相信他, 他总是瞎编些故事去骗取别人的同情。
- Don't trust him, he always makes up stories to get others' compassion. → 瞎编
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