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

• The book's sentimental denouement is pure Hollywood.
  该书的煽情结局纯粹是好莱坞式的。
• This is me: a sentimental man.
  这就是我：一个感伤的人。
• He wrote a sentimental verse to his lover.
  他给他的爱人写了一首感伤的诗歌。
• 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。
• I can never understand why people become dewy-eyed and sentimental about the past.
  我无论如何也不能理解为什么一说起过去人们就会那么容易动情和伤感。
• For a while the artist completely lost his way. The famous humour gave way to sentimental nonsense
  有一阵子这位艺术家完全迷失了方向，其出了名的幽默风趣被伤感而煽情的不知所云取而代之。
• She's too sentimental about her cat.
  她对她的猫未免太牵肠挂肚了。
• I am the kind of person who is sentimental.
  我是种多愁善感的人。
• This song is too sentimental.
  这支歌软绵绵的。
• The story was dramatic without being in the least sentimental.
  这个故事富有戏剧性而又不矫揉造作。