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

• His poems breathe sentimentality.
  他的诗歌流露多愁善感的情调。
• 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。
• 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。
• Not given to gentleness or sentimentality.
  不惯于亲切或感伤的。
• 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。
• 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？
• She criticized what she described as the film's cloying sentimentality.
  她批评这部影片如她所说的令人倒胃口的伤感情调。
• 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）。
• 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。