An empathetic person can stand in someone else’s shoes. They do not only feel sorry from the outside; they can take in how the other person feels and what the problem is like from the inside. We also call a look, a reply, or a piece of writing empathetic when it shows that understanding.

An empathetic person一個empathetic的人， can stand in someone else’s shoes.能夠站在別人的立場設身處地。 They do not only feel sorry from the outside;他們不是只在外面看了覺得同情； they can take in how the other person feels and what the problem is like from the inside.而是能夠從內部去體會對方的感受，以及問題對他來說是什麼樣子。 We also call a look, a reply, or a piece of writing empathetic我們也會用empathetic來形容一個眼神、一句回應，或一段文字， when it shows that understanding.只要它展現出那種理解。

Being empathetic is not the same as agreeing, and it is not the same as being sympathetic (feeling pity or support).

Being empathetic is not the same as agreeing,有同理心跟同意對方，不是同一回事， and it is not the same as being sympathetic (feeling pity or support).也跟sympathetic（感到同情或支持）不一樣。

The older scholarly adjective is empathic. Empathetic was reshaped to sound more like sympathetic, and that is the form most people use now. You hear it in counselling, teaching, and kind conversation. It is warm, not slang, and not stiff.

The older scholarly adjective is empathic.比較舊、比較學術的形容詞是empathic。 Empathetic was reshaped to sound more like sympathetic,empathetic後來被改造成聽起來更像sympathetic， and that is the form most people use now.而這也是現在大部分人使用的形式。 You hear it in counselling, teaching, and kind conversation.你會在諮商、教學，還有溫暖的對話裡聽到這個字。 It is warm, not slang, and not stiff.這個字給人溫暖的感覺，不是俚語，也不生硬。