sympathetic tone

基本解释

A boss informing an employee he didn't get the job takes on a sympathetic tone .
老板向一名员工，他没有得到那份工作呈现出一种同情音调。
A possible reason for the sympathetic tone is that upward mobility can no longer be taken for granted.
也许出现这种同情的语调还有另一个原因，那就是向上层社会爬不再是种理所当然的想法。
The occurrence of cardiac arrhythmia in patients with OSAHS is closely related with AHI and nocturnal hypoxemia and sympathetic tone.
结论OSAHS患者心律失常的发生与呼吸暂停低通气指数，低氧血症及交感紧张密切相关。

Vice President Dick Cheney has been especially effective in this role, often playing the "bad cop" when President Bush has chosen a softer, more sympathetic tone.
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Back in the control room, Gonzaga explained that their teasing had a flirtatious and sympathetic tone, which was a sign that their senses of humor were aligned and that therefore they were harmonious—tease-wise, at least.
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