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 efenðrowung.
双语例句
1. The president insisted that he was acting out of compassion, not opportunism.
总统坚持说他如此做是出于同情而不是为了投机。
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2. This comedy of contemporary manners is told with compassion and acid humour.
这部当代风尚喜剧杂糅了悲悯的情怀和尖酸的幽默。
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3. I feel more compassion and less anger than I used to.
我觉得自己比过去多了些同情，少了些怒气。
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4. Mum was incensed at his lack of compassion.
妈妈被他缺乏同情心的表现激怒了。
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5. They were godlike in their wisdom and compassion.