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

• Sentimentality seems a characteristic of all the writers of that period.
  伤感似乎是那个时期所有作家的特征。
• 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。
• Her voice dripped sentimentality.
  她的声音中流露出伤感。
• It is only with my friends who are also grandmothers that I can really relax and talk with undiluted sentimentality about the beauty and the brilliance of my Edie Bear.
  我只有和那些同样当了祖母的朋友在一起时才能真正放心畅谈我漂亮聪明的孙女。和母爱一样，祖母对孙辈的感情也同样强烈。
• That is part of what I mean by sentimentality.
  这就是我说的多愁善感的一部分。
• His poems breathe sentimentality.
  他的诗歌流露多愁善感的情调。
• I believe in human beings, but my faith is without sentimentality.
  我相信人类，但我的信念绝非是滥施情感。
• Not given to gentleness or sentimentality.
  不惯于亲切或感伤的。
• The film is spoilt by a slightly treacly sentimentality.
  这部电影让稍微过分甜蜜的情感给毁了。
• 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。