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

• 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。
• Because of your occasional sentimentality.
  因为你偶尔的多愁善感。
• 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。
• Her voice dripped sentimentality.
  她的声音中流露出伤感。
• The director discovered a rich vein of sentimentality
  导演发现了一个丰富的情感源泉。
• 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？
• The nurse looked at me sadly. given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality.
  护士伤感地看着我。惯于感伤的或以感情、感伤为特征。
• 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）。
• 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。
• An intolerable degree of sentimentality.
  感伤到了无法忍受的程度。