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

• Careful, there I go again, getting sentimental.
  看看，我又来了，又开始多愁善感了。
• I love the sentimental ending of this movie.
  我喜欢这个电影充满柔情的结尾。
• 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。
• The book's sentimental denouement is pure Hollywood.
  该书的煽情结局纯粹是好莱坞式的。
• It just lodged in my mind as a very sentimental song
  这首歌令人感怀不已，我已牢牢记住。
• He wrote a sentimental verse to his lover.
  他给他的爱人写了一首感伤的诗歌。
• Our paintings and photographs are of sentimental value only
  我们的画作和照片仅有纪念价值。
• 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。
• 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。
• The story is too sentimental.
  这个故事太伤感了。