sentimental

英 [ˌsentɪˈmentl]

美 [ˌsentɪˈmentl]

adj.  情感的(而非理性的); (失之过度或不恰当地)伤感的，充满柔情的; 多愁善感的

考研TOEFLTEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.8600 / COCA.8266

牛津词典

adj.

• 情感的（而非理性的）
  connected with your emotions, rather than reason
  1. She kept the letters for sentimental reasons.
     她把那些信留作纪念。
  2. The ring wasn't worth very much but it had great sentimental value .
     那枚戒指值不了几个钱，但却极有情感价值。
• （失之过度或不恰当地）伤感的，充满柔情的；多愁善感的
  producing emotions such as pity, romantic love or sadness, which may be too strong or not appropriate; feeling these emotions too much
  1. a slushy, sentimental love story
     缠绵而无聊的言情小说
  2. He's not the sort of man who gets sentimental about old friendships.
     他不是那种为旧日的友情欷歔感伤的人。

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

adj

• effusively or insincerely emotional
  1. a bathetic novel
  2. maudlin expressions of sympathy
  3. mushy effusiveness
  4. a schmaltzy song
  5. sentimental soap operas
  6. slushy poetry
  Synonym:batheticdrippyhokeymaudlinmawkishkitschymushyschmaltzyschmalzysoppysoupyslushy
• given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality

双语例句

• Don't go getting all mushy and sentimental.
  不要变得过于多愁善感。
• He wrote a sentimental verse to his lover.
  他给他的爱人写了一首感伤的诗歌。
• I thought the movie was spoiled by its sentimental ending.
  我认为感伤的结尾损害了这部影片。
• She's a sentimental woman who believes marriage comes by destiny.
  她是多愁善感一类的人，她相信姻缘命中注定。
• Perhaps he has returned for sentimental reasons.
  也许他是出于情感上的原因才回来的。
• What if my heart was stung, get out of my mind this, let me sentimental old place.
  我的心仿佛被什么刺痛了，赶紧离开了这个令我难忘，让我感伤的老地方。
• I'm a sentimental failure.
  我是个感情脆弱的失败者。
• Many of the things are of great sentimental value and it is going to be a wrench parting with them
  其中很多东西都具有重要的情感价值，令人难以割舍。
• His father took him on a sentimental pilgrimage to Ireland.
  他爸爸带他踏上了去爱尔兰的情感之旅。
• For sentimental reasons I wanted to delay my departure until June
  因为感情方面的原因，我想把离开的日期延迟至6月。