sentimentality

英 [ˌsentɪmenˈtæləti]

美 [ˌsentɪmenˈtæləti]

n.  感伤情调; 多愁善感

医学

BNC.18455 / COCA.17949

牛津词典

noun

• 感伤情调；多愁善感
  the quality of being too sentimental

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 感伤的;多情的;多愁善感的
  Someone or something that issentimentalfeels or shows pity or love, sometimes to an extent that is considered exaggerated and foolish.
  1. I'm trying not to be sentimental about the past...
     我努力不让自己表现得感怀过去。
  2. It's a very sentimental play.
     这是一部十分煽情的戏。
• ADJ 情感(上)的;(尤指)(出于)怀旧的
  Sentimentalmeans relating to or involving feelings such as pity or love, especially for things in the past.
  1. Our paintings and photographs are of sentimental value only...
     我们的画作和照片仅有纪念价值。
  2. Perhaps he has returned for sentimental reasons.
     也许他是出于情感上的原因才回来的。

英英释义

noun

• falsely emotional in a maudlin way
  Synonym:mawkishnessdrippinessmushinesssoupinesssloppiness
• extravagant or affected feeling or emotion

双语例句

• His poems breathe sentimentality.
  他的诗歌流露多愁善感的情调。
• It looks smooth with its characteristic antiquity often arousing one's sentimentality.
  平滑，特有的古老常常唤起人们的情怀。
• The Israelis have no time for sentimentality about Bethlehem either.
  以色列人也没时间因为伯利恒而多愁善感。
• The director discovered a rich vein of sentimentality
  导演发现了一个丰富的情感源泉。
• A certain sentimentality is the common coin of political debate.
  某种程度的情感激动是政治辩论的共同特点。
• But aren't those feelings really sentimentality, emotional self-indulgence?
  但是那些感情难道不就是多愁善感和情绪化的自我放纵吗？
• So put your sentimentality to the test and toss the damn thing.
  把你的情感寄望于这该诅咒的硬币上吧。
• She criticized what she described as the film's cloying sentimentality.
  她批评这部影片如她所说的令人倒胃口的伤感情调。
• I thought they overdid the sentimentality at the end of the film.
  我觉得他们在电影的结尾部分煽情得过火了。
• Her voice dripped sentimentality.
  她的声音中流露出伤感。