feeling or showing sympathy for people or animals who are suffering有同情心的；表示怜悯的- Politicians are not usually regarded as warm or compassionate people.政治家通常不被视为热情或富有同情心的人。
- He was allowed to go home on compassionate grounds (= because he was suffering).他因为得到同情而获准回家。🔊🔊
Extra Examples- Are these the actions of a compassionate and caring society?难道这就是一个充满同情与关怀的社会的所作所为吗？
- She sought permission to travel to relatives in Chile on compassionate grounds.她以同情心的理由寻求许可前往智利的亲戚。
Topics Personal qualitiesc1Oxford Collocations DictionaryverbsadverbSee full entry Word Originlate 16th cent.: from compassion + -ate, influenced by archaic French compassioné ‘feeling pity’.