中文单词笔记(每日单词empathy)
中文单词笔记(每日单词empathy)追根溯源 n. 同情心;感同身受;共鸣那些在训练后表现最为慷慨的试验者,其大脑内与同情和积极情绪有关的区域的活动大为增强。因此,同情心似乎与肌肉类似——可以通过能引起真正生理变化的训练来建立。 基本释义 empathy: Empathy is the ability to share another person's feelings and emotions as if they were your own.
empathy /ˈempəθi/
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外刊例句
People who were most altruistic after training showed the biggest increases in activity in brain areas involved in empathy and positive emotion. So empathy appears to be like a muscle—it can be built up by exercise that causes actual physiological changes.
那些在训练后表现最为慷慨的试验者,其大脑内与同情和积极情绪有关的区域的活动大为增强。因此,同情心似乎与肌肉类似——可以通过能引起真正生理变化的训练来建立。
基本释义
empathy: Empathy is the ability to share another person's feelings and emotions as if they were your own.
n. 同情心;感同身受;共鸣
追根溯源
单词empathy里的词根path来源于希腊语pathos 意思是“感受”。所以呢,在英语里,出现跟path相关的单词,大多都与此相关。例如:
pathetic /pəˈθetɪk/
adj. 可怜的,悲哀的
apathetic /ˌæpəˈθetɪk/
adj. 冷漠的;无动于衷的
sympathy /ˈsɪmpəθi/
n. 同情;慰问
psychopath /ˈsaɪkəpæθ/
n. 精神病患者
这样记单词,是不是感觉很轻松呢?这个词根的来源,以及知识点的拓展,在韦小绿《Vocabulary Builder》这本书里,写的非常详细: