1·Whether they are inclined to condemn or sympathise, commentators regularly ask how society got to be this way.
不管媒体是倾向于谴责还是同情，评论员们经常问道，我们这个社会怎么会变成这样的？
2·One might use such an ability to manipulate, or control, just as much as to understand or sympathise.
有人可能常运用这种能力去操作和控制，就像用于理解和同情一样。
3·When someone tells me they've had a bad night's sleep, I find it hard to sympathise. I can't believe anyone sleeps as badly as me.
有人告诉我晚上没有睡好时，我不会对他们表示丝毫同情，因为我不相信有任何人的睡眠会比我更坏。
4·Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.
任何人都能对朋友的不幸感到同情，但要消受一个春风得意的朋友，则需要非常优良的天性。
5·This argument does not impress me. I sympathise, however, with the unease over the increased use of patents and monopolising practices in plant breeding.
Bengt O.Bengtsson说，这种说法没有打动我，然而我对植物育种中不断增加的专利和垄断做法所表达出的不安表示赞同和同情。