To empathize is to understand someone else’s feelings or problems from the inside, especially because you have had something like it — or can imagine it clearly. “I can empathize with that” is a very common, warm sentence. You empathize with a person.

To empathize is to understand someone else's feelings or problems from the insideTo empathize指的是從內心去理解別人的感受或難處, especially because you have had something like it — or can imagine it clearly尤其是因為你自己也有過類似的經驗，或是能清楚想像那種感覺。 "I can empathize with that" is a very common, warm sentence「I can empathize with that」是一句很常見、很溫暖的話。 You empathize with a personYou empathize with a person（你是對「一個人」empathize）

Teachers, nurses, and friends use it; it is not slang, but it is also not stiff. British spelling is often empathise.

Teachers, nurses, and friends use it老師、護理師、朋友都會用這個字; it is not slang, but it is also not stiff它不是俚語，但也不會太生硬正式。 British spelling is often empathise英式拼法常常寫成empathise

Compare sympathize: that is closer to “I feel sorry for you” or “I stand with you.” Empathize is “I get how this feels.” Though actually, people sometimes stretch it to mean little more than “I hear you,” even when they have not really taken the feeling in.

Compare sympathize拿sympathize來比較: that is closer to "I feel sorry for you" or "I stand with you."那比較接近「我為你感到難過」或「我support你」。 Empathize is "I get how this feels."Empathize則是「我懂那是什麼感覺」。 Though actually, people sometimes stretch it to mean little more than "I hear you,"不過其實，有些人會把它用得比較鬆，變成只是「我聽到了」的意思, even when they have not really taken the feeling in就算他們其實沒有真的把那份感受放進心裡