compassionate

思いやりのある、慈悲深い

苦しむ人を気遣い、助けたいと思う。

やさしい英語で： Feeling concern for people who are suffering and wanting to help them.

• She is a compassionate nurse.
• His compassionate response helped the family feel less alone.
• We need leaders who are compassionate toward people in difficulty.

使い方： compassionate toward someone (The doctor was compassionate toward frightened patients.)

類義語： caring, sympathetic, kind

反対語： heartless, cruel

よく使う表現： compassionate person, compassionate care, compassionate response, compassionate toward someone

人道的な、家族の事情による

家族の重大な問題や身内の死を理由に、特別に認められる。

やさしい英語で： Allowed as a special exception because someone has a serious family problem or a death in their family.

• He took compassionate leave after his mother died.
• The visa was granted on compassionate grounds.
• She requested a compassionate transfer to be near her sick father.

よく使う表現： compassionate leave, compassionate grounds