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

• 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。
• 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。
• An intolerable degree of sentimentality.
  感伤到了无法忍受的程度。
• But that's enough maudlin sentimentality, I have work to do!
  但那已多愁善感足够了，我有工作要做！
• If time can offset sentimentality, I am willing to unlimited burning.
  如果时间能抵消感伤，我愿意无限制燃烧。
• 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。
• One is sentimentality; the archetypical American child is Huckleberry Finn, who had little taste for formal education.
  令人感到无奈的是，典型的美国孩子都跟哈克贝里·费恩一样，对正规教育兴味索然。
• A famous 18th-century play by Richard Sheridan about gossip, hypocrisy, and false sentimentality.
  理查德？谢里丹著名的18世纪喜剧，讽刺了造谣生事、虚伪和矫情造作。
• 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。