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。
• You like looking at that thick clouds, to indicate yourself sentimentality?
  你喜欢看厚厚的云朵，来证明你的多愁善感？
• He did not move toward us from sentimentality.
  他向我们靠拢不是感情用事。
• 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。
• Another chief text of Manhattan sentimentality is "yes, Virginia".
  另一体现曼哈顿多愁善感的作品当属《是啊，弗吉尼亚》（yes，virginia）。
• 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。
• 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。
• That is part of what I mean by sentimentality.
  这就是我说的多愁善感的一部分。
• 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。
• 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。