empathy
/ˈɛmpəθi/
- n.
- 移情作用，共鸣
中文释义来自 ECDICT
构词拆解
- em-
- The form taken by en- before the labial consonants b and p, as it assimilates place of articulation.
词源链
- 古希腊语Ancient Greek
词源说明
A 20th-century borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐμπάθεια (empátheia, literally “passion”) (formed from ἐν (en, “in, at”) + πάθος (páthos, “feeling”)), equivalent to em- + -pathy, coined by Edward Bradford Titchener in 1909 to translate German Einfühlung. The modern word in Greek εμπάθεια (empátheia) has an opposite meaning denoting strong negative feelings and prejudice against someone.
释义
名词noun
- 1Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
- 2The capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result