sympathetic

• adj. 共感的な; 共感的な; 共感的な; 調和のとれた; 調和のとれた
• n. 共感的な；感じやすい

sympathy, sympathetic, -etic, 形容詞接尾辞.

sympathetic (adj.)

1640s, "pertaining to sympathy," from Modern Latin sympatheticus, from late Greek sympathetikos "having sympathy," from sympathein, from sympathes "having a fellow feeling, affected by like feelings" (see sympathy). In English, the meaning "having fellow feeling, susceptible to altruistic feelings" is recorded from 1718.

In the anatomical sense, "subject to a common nervous influence," the word is attested from 1769, from Modern Latin (nervus) sympathicus, coined by Jacques-Benigne Winslow (1669-1760), Danish anatomist living in Paris. Related: Sympathetical (1630s); Sympathetically (1620s).

1. Her husband was sympathetic at first but his patience soon wore thin.

最初は夫が同情していたが、やがて忍耐力を失った。

2.Build her up with kindness and a sympathetic ear.

フレンドリーで思いやりのある耳で彼女の自信を取り戻す。

3.It may be that he sees you only as a sympathetic friend.

彼はあなたを相談できる友人と思っているだけかもしれません。

4.His speeches against corruption may find a sympathetic hearing among some Trinidadadians.

反腐敗反汚職に関する彼の発言はトリニダード島住民の支持を得る可能性がある。

5.Most were sympathetic once we priced their consciences.

彼らに良心を発見させると、多くの人は思いやりを持っている。