mid-14c., from Old French compassion "sympathy, pity" (12c.), from Late Latin compassionem (nominative compassio) "sympathy," noun of state from past participle stem of compati "to feel pity," from com- "together" (see com-) + pati "to suffer" (see passion).
Latin compassio is an ecclesiastical loan-translation of Greek sympatheia (see sympathy). An Old English loan-translation of compassion was efenerowung.
雙語例句
1. The president insisted that he was acting out of compassion, not opportunism.
總統堅持說他如此做是出于同情而不是為了投機。
來自柯林斯例句
2. This comedy of contemporary manners is told with compassion and acid humour.
這部當代風尚喜劇雜糅了悲憫的情懷和尖酸的幽默。
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3. I feel more compassion and less anger than I used to.
我覺得自己比過去多了些同情，少了些怒氣。
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4. Mum was incensed at his lack of compassion.
媽媽被他缺乏同情心的表現激怒了。
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5. They were godlike in their wisdom and compassion.