1 sympathetic (to/towards sb) showing that you understand other people's feelings, especially their problems 同情的；体谅的: When Suki was ill, everyone was very sympathetic. 苏基生病时，大家都深表同情。I felt very sympathetic towards him. 我非常同情他。 ☞In English, sympathetic does not mean ‘friendly and pleasant’. If you want to express this meaning, you say a person is nice I met Alex's sister yesterday. She's very nice. 英语中，sympathetic并非友善和礼貌的意思。表达这个意思可用nice：I met Alex's sister yesterday. She's very nice.我昨天遇到亚历克斯的姐姐，她很友善。

2 sympathetic (to sb/sth) being in agreement with or supporting sb/sth 赞同的；支持的: I explained our ideas but she wasn't sympathetic to them. 我解释了我们的构想，但她不赞同。 [OPP] unsympathetic 反义词为unsympathetic➔sympathetically /-kli ||; -klɪ/ adv