(1) ①sympathize/-ise可表示“同情，安慰”，为不及物动词，常与with连用。
- Mary was crying and her friend Lily was sympathizing with her.
玛丽在哭，她的朋友莉莉正安慰她。 - We all sympathized with him over the death of his wife.
我们对他妻子的过世都深表同情。
②sympathize还作“赞同”解，常与with连用。
- Do your parents sympathize with your desire to be an actor?
你父母赞成你当演员的愿望吗？ - We thoroughly sympathize with the government's efforts for reform in the field of economy.
我们完全赞同政府为经济领域的改革做出的努力。
(2) feel for用于非正式场合，意为“同情”，在此意义上等于sympathize with。
- I really felt for her when she lost her husband in that accident.
她在那次事故中失去了丈夫，我对她非常同情。
(3) understand意为“理解，了解，体谅”，指考虑别人的困难并给予同情。
- I think he understands what you feel.
我想他理解你的感受。 - I understand your feelings perfectly.
我非常体谅你的感触。
(4) commiserate意为“怜悯，同情”，可作及物动词。
- The whole village commiserated with the farmer's family in their sorrow.
全村人都对那家农民的不幸深表同情。 - The teacher commiserated (with) the student on his failure.
那学生未考及格老师对他很同情。
(5) condole意为“吊唁，哀悼，同情，慰问”，是不及物动词，与with连用，其后接人。
- Jim wrote to condole with his friend on/over the death of his mother.
吉姆写信给他的朋友，对他母亲的去世表示慰问。 - His friends gathered to condole with him over his loss.
朋友们都来了，对他的损失表示同情和安慰。
(6) ①console意思是“安慰”。
- She was consoled to think that she at least had an understanding husband to turn to.
她想到至少她还有个善解人意的丈夫可以依靠时，就感到欣慰。 - They all tried to console the murdered man's wife.
他们都竭力安慰被谋杀者的妻子。
②console oneself (with)意思是“聊以自慰；以……自慰”。
- After fire destroyed his home, he consoled himself with the thought that it might have been worse.
在他的家被大火烧毁了之后，他自我安慰，心想事情本来可能会更糟糕呢。
(7) solace意为“给予安慰”，是较正式的用法。
- Hard work helped to solace her grief.
努力工作帮她减轻了悲伤。
