Do not confuse friendly and sympathetic. A person who is friendly or has a friendly attitude is kind and pleasant and behaves the way a friend would. …a friendly woman who offered me cakes and tea. …a pleasant, friendly smile. If you have a problem and someone is sympathetic or shows a sympathetic attitude, they show that they care and would like to help you. My boyfriend was very sympathetic. Note that people sometimes refer to characters in a play or novel who are easy to like as sympathetic.There were no sympathetic characters in my book. You usually say that real people are 'nice' or 'likable'.

不要混淆friendly 和 sympathetic。friendly 指人或人的态度友善、令人愉快、如朋友一般：a friendly woman who offered me cakes and tea (请我吃茶点的友善女人)，a pleasant, friendly smile (和蔼可亲的笑容)。用 sympathetic 形容人或人的态度时，表示关心他人的困难并愿意提供帮助：My boyfriend was very sympathetic (我的男朋友富有同情心)。注意，在戏剧或小说中讨人喜欢的人物有时用 sympathetic 来形容：There were no sympathetic characters in my book (我的书中没有讨喜的人物)。形容生活中的人令人喜爱通常用 nice 或 likable。