sympathetic

思いやりのある、同情的な

人の困り事を気にかけ、その気持ちを理解していることを示す。

やさしい英語で： Caring about someone’s problems and showing that you understand how they feel.

• She gave me a sympathetic smile.
• My teacher was sympathetic when I explained.
• He listened with a sympathetic expression.

使い方： sympathetic to/towards someone (Her manager was sympathetic towards her.)

類義語： understanding, caring, compassionate

反対語： unsympathetic

よく使う表現： sympathetic listener, sympathetic towards someone, sympathetic smile, sympathetic look

好意的な、賛同する

考えや計画に賛成し、支援する気持ちがある。

やさしい英語で： Agreeing with an idea or plan and willing to support it.

• The council was sympathetic to our plan.
• We found a sympathetic audience for our ideas.
• She is sympathetic towards calls for reform.

使い方： sympathetic to/towards something (The committee is sympathetic to the proposal.)

類義語： supportive, favourable

反対語： opposed

よく使う表現： sympathetic to something, sympathetic audience, sympathetic towards something

共鳴的な、共感的な

物同士のつながりにより、一方への作用が他方にも及ぶ。

やさしい英語で： Caused by a connection between things, so that an effect on one also affects another.

• The instrument produces sympathetic vibrations.
• The ritual uses sympathetic magic to encourage rain.
• Sympathetic resonance made the unused strings vibrate.

よく使う表現： sympathetic magic, sympathetic vibration, sympathetic resonance