释义 |
empathize, v. Psychol.|ˈɛmpəθaɪz| [f. empathy + -ize.] trans. To treat something or someone with empathy. intr. To use empathy.
1924R. M. Ogden tr. Koffka's Growth of Mind iv. §7. 207 The chimpanzee is able to empathize, or feel itself towards, the end-situation of attaining its goal. 1929C. J. Ducasse Philos. Art x. 166 For the most part we empathize inanimate things only in so far as we are interested in them aesthetically. 1931T. H. Pear Voice & Personality v. 56 One may..‘empathise’ with the speaker. 1949Wellek & Warren Theory of Lit. viii. 85 The realist..chiefly observes behavior or ‘empathizes’. 1957G. M. Carstairs Twice-Born 152 One has..to empathise, to ‘feel with’ him before one can identify his elusive patterns of emotional response. |