1.b> .i> pli> (for, towards) ; to express [to feel] sympathy for smb. [ / ]; these people need our help and sympathy ; I don't have much sympathy for her I think she's brought her troubles on herself , , ; our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the victims of the war ; may we offer our deepest sympathies on the death of your wife .i> , i> ;
2.b> .i> pli> , (, , . i>); I have some sympathy for this view / ; I am in sympathy with her aims, but I don't like the way she goes about achieving them , , [.i> .i> 4]; the seamen went on strike in sympathy with the dockers / ; they were Philadelphians, Quaker in their religious sympathies , ; her sympathies lie firmly with the Conservative Party i> ; ; out of sympathy with smb., smth. , i> ;
3.b> , , ; sympathy is as essential as love in marriage / , ; there was a peculiar bond of sympathy and understanding between them ; there was no personal sympathy between them ;
4.b> , , ; repairs had to be in sympathy with the original structure / [.i> .i> 2]; share prices slipped in sympathy with the German market / / ; steel prices have advanced in this district in sympathy with rising prices elsewhere / ;
the government are concerned that other unions may stage sympathy strikes in support of the nurses , .
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