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

• This young lady was known to the whole town for her sentimentality.
  这位年轻的小姐以她的易伤感而闻名全城。
• His poems breathe sentimentality.
  他的诗歌流露多愁善感的情调。
• I don't know whether I more loathe the brutality of you Germans or despise your sentimentality.
  我真不知道是更厌恶你们德国人的野蛮兽性还是瞧不起你们的自作多情。
• 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。
• Not given to gentleness or sentimentality.
  不惯于亲切或感伤的。
• 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？
• I was sure I wasn't going to be taken in by this kind of sentimentality.
  我相信我决不会为这种假作多情所欺骗。
• 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。
• Because of your occasional sentimentality.
  因为你偶尔的多愁善感。
• 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。