compassionate

Compared meaning: kind and concerned about other people (adjective).

比较义项：关心他人、有同情心（形容词）。

• caring

  Caring describes a general, ongoing kindness and attentiveness to someone's wellbeing, used for people like parents, teachers or friends in everyday relationships, not necessarily tied to suffering or hardship.

  caring 描述一种普遍的、持续的关心与体贴，用于父母、老师或朋友等日常关系中的人，不一定与痛苦或困境相关。

  A caring babysitter remembers each child's favorite bedtime story.

  一位关心孩子的保姆记得每个孩子最喜欢的睡前故事。

• compassionate 本词

  Compassionate specifically describes feeling or showing sympathy for people who are suffering or in pain, often prompting a comforting or merciful response; it is stronger and more formal in tone.

  compassionate 专指对正在受苦或痛苦的人表现出同情，常伴随安慰或宽容的行为，语气更强烈、更正式。

  The compassionate judge reduced the sentence after hearing about the defendant's hardship.

  这位富有同情心的法官在听闻被告的困境后减轻了刑罚。

Both words describe someone kind toward others. Caring describes ongoing, everyday kindness and attention, used for people like parents or teachers. Compassionate specifically describes sympathy for people who are suffering, and is stronger and more formal in tone.

这两个词在此义项上意思相近，都表示对他人友善、富有同情心，但语气和使用场合不同：caring 强调日常持续的关怀和体贴，compassionate 更强调对他人痛苦的同情与怜悯，语气更正式、更强烈。