英和和英

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈɛmpəˌθaɪz/

動詞

empathize (third-person singular simple present empathizes, present participle empathizing, simple past and past participle empathized)

1. (intransitive) to feel empathy for another person

   empathize with someone

   • 2001, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Alias, season 1, episode 3:

     Must have been […] devastating when Kenny was killed. But I want you to know that you can trust me. I understand you. I empathize.

使用する際の注意点

Used similarly to sympathize, interchangeably in looser usage. In stricter usage, empathize is stronger and more intimate, while sympathize is weaker and more distant; see empathy: usage notes.

派生語

• empathizer