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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That is part of what I mean by sentimentality.
  这就是我说的多愁善感的一部分。
• 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。
• If we're to solve this global problem, we need more globalization and less sentimentality.
  如果我们要解决这个全球性的问题，那么我们需要更多的全球化和更少的情绪。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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）。