' The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing.
”经理深表同情，但却无能为力。
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 24 If could be worse

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

manager ['mænɪdʒɚ] 词频2 词根: man
n. 处理者，经理，管理人;干事，理事;〈美〉（政党等的）领袖;策士，干才，干练的人;
💡 man 手 + age表名词+r 表人→ manage管理+r表人 → 管理人，经理
"a fiercely ambitious young manager"
雄心勃勃的年轻经理
近义：head, headman, leader, assistant, officer, principal
sympathetic [,sɪmpə'θɛtɪk] 词频2 词根: pass
adj. 同情的，有同情心的;赞同的;相投合的，称心的;〈口〉抱好感的;
💡 sym共同+path感情+etic形容词后缀→同情的
"I did not feel at all sympathetic towards Kate."
我对凯特一点也不同情。
近义：merciful, pitying, sensitive, softhearted, supportive, tender

📚 更多「新概念英语第二册」例句

I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime.
有时我要一直躺到吃午饭的时候。
Work on it had begun before my sister left.
这栋房子在我姐姐离开之前就已动工了，
When the doctor answered the phone, Mr.Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient, a Mr.John Gilbert.
当这位医生接过电话时，吉尔伯特先生说他想询问一个病人的情况，是一位名叫约翰。吉尔伯特的先生。
We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.
我们在这家帽店已经呆了半个小时了，而我的妻子仍在镜子面前。
'Where have you been hiding?' she asked impatiently.
“你躲到哪儿去了？”她不耐烦地问，
'I was just wondering how to spend the morning -- until I saw you.
“我正不知道怎么消磨这一上午呢，正好见到好。