You are asking your friend to show some sympathy for your situation.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

So, empathy, caring, sympathy don't kick in, but instead there's the aggression unleashed at somebody and there has to be some level of surprise.

所以移情，关怀，同情没有发挥作用，反而是释放了别人的侵略情绪,还必须在一定程度上出人意料。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But rather to express sympathy for what somebody else is going through.

而是对其他人的经历表示同情。

I'm sorry 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

(Speaking) In the speech, he referred to his "Russian friends" and thanked the Russian people for their sympathy and support.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

I can't bring myself to believe it, I have some sympathies for valuable container theories, but I also have some sympathy for neutral container theories.

我无法让自己去相信它，我有点赞同有价值容器理论，但是我也有点赞同中性容器理论。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The United States has expressed sympathy with the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza, but insists any solution to the blockade must also meet Israel's security needs.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

And you have to have some sympathy for Descartes.

你也该同情一下笛卡尔

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

To the north,in Arizona, resident Bill Odle wants more border security, but he feels sympathy for the migrants - including a woman that he met on his property.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

Study at their views and I think what I'm talking about is really completely different, I have no sympathy for ideas that say we want to get rid of people because their racial background or because in somewhere they are blot on the Aryan folk.

我也研究了他们的观点，然而我觉得,我的学说和纳粹是全然不同的,我并不赞同他们的说法，那就是,我们要消灭一些民族，只因为他们不同的宗教,因为他们在雅利安传说中的,不良形象。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

However it can also be used to mean an expression of sympathy.

然而，它也可以用来表达同情的感受。

I'm sorry 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Remember you can say "I'm sorry" when you wish to express your regret, your sympathy or ambiguous regret.

记住，当你想表达歉意、同情或是含糊的道歉时，你都可以用“I'm sorry”。

I'm sorry 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人