com-, 强调。-pat, 情感，忍受，词源同patient, passion.

1. The president insisted that he was acting out of compassion, not opportunism.

总统坚持说他如此做是出于同情而不是为了投机。

2. This comedy of contemporary manners is told with compassion and acid humour.

这部当代风尚喜剧杂糅了悲悯的情怀和尖酸的幽默。

3. I feel more compassion and less anger than I used to.

我觉得自己比过去多了些同情，少了些怒气。

4. Mum was incensed at his lack of compassion.

妈妈被他缺乏同情心的表现激怒了。

5. They were godlike in their wisdom and compassion.

他们有上帝般的智慧和同情心。