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 sym·pa·thet·ic /ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk/
 (a.)有同情心的,合意的,贊成的交感神經,容易感受的人

 sym·pa·thet·ic /ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk/ 形容詞
 交感的,交感神經的,同情的,同感的

 Sym·pa·thet·ic a.
 1. Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.
 Far wiser he, whose sympathetic mind
 Exults in all the good of all mankind.   --Goldsmith.
 2. Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy.
    Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.   --Gray.
 3. Physiol. (a) Produced by sympathy; -- applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See Sympathy. (b) Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber.
 Sympathetic ink. Chem. See under Ink.
 Sympathetic nerve Anat., any nerve of the sympathetic system; especially, the axial chain of ganglions and nerves belonging to the sympathetic system.
 Sympathetic powder Alchemy, a kind of powder long supposed to be able to cure a wound if applied to the weapon that inflicted it, or even to a portion of the bloody clothes. --Dunglison.
 Sympathetic sounds Physics, sounds produced from solid bodies by means of vibrations which have been communicated to them from some other sounding body, by means of the air or an intervening solid.
 Sympathetic system Anat., a system of nerves and nerve ganglions connected with the alimentary canal, the vascular system, and the glandular organs of most vertebrates, and controlling more or less their actions. The axial part of the system and its principal ganglions and nerves are situated in the body cavity and form a chain of ganglions on each side of the vertebral column connected with numerous other ganglions and nerve plexuses.
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 sympathetic
      adj 1: of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system;
             "sympathetic neurons"; "sympathetic stimulation"
      2: expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or
         compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward;
         "sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic
         observer"; "a sympathetic gesture" [ant: unsympathetic]
      3: having similar disposition and tastes; "a compatible married
         couple"; "with their many similar tastes, he found her a
         most sympathetic companion" [syn: compatible]
      4: showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and
         generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others";
         "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words";
         "a large-hearted mentor" [syn: charitable, kindly, large-hearted]
      5: (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or
         sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the
         play" [syn: appealing, likeable, likable] [ant: unsympathetic]
      6: relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations
         in a nearby body; "sympathetic vibration" [syn: harmonic]