单词详解 | sentimental

sentimental
音标
英音/ ˌsentɪˈment(ə)l / 美音/ ˌsentɪˈment(ə)l /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
He loved to sing, especially sentimental songs – a big-hearted man who happily indulged his wife and kids.
他喜欢唱歌,尤其是伤感的歌曲——一个心胸宽广、幸福地纵容妻子和孩子的男人。
BBC

“It’s like believing in an experience,” said Lucas Houston, 16, a mellophone player from Hernando, Miss. “Every single second you spend feels sentimental in a way.”
“这就像相信一种经历,”来自密西西比州赫尔南多的 16 岁大圆琴演奏家卢卡斯·休斯顿 (Lucas Houston) 说,“你度过的每一秒都在某种程度上感到感伤。”
New York Times

She relied on the banter from the bar for her early routines, sometimes angry, sometimes sentimental and often foul-mouthed.
她早期的生活依赖于酒吧里的玩笑,有时很生气,有时很伤感,而且经常说脏话。
BBC

基本释意
adjective
given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
情感的(而非理性的);多愁善感的,柔情的;(故事、电影、书等)感伤的,故作伤感的

同义词
bathetic,drippy,hokey,kitschy,maudlin,mawkish,mushy,sappy,schmaltzy,schmalzy,slushy,soppy,soupy

短释义
Sentimental describes a person who relies on emotions more than reason, or a novel or film that is overly emotional. Derived from the Latin verb, sentire “to feel,” sentimental always implies that the emotions are involved a little too much. If you do something for sentimental reasons, you are only doing it because of an emotional attachment.
如果一个人更多地受情感而非理性的引导,则可以说他或她是多愁善感的。如果您对最喜欢的毛绒动物有感情,您甚至可能会带着它去大学。

长释义
Sentimental describes a person who relies on emotions more than reason, or a novel or film that is overly emotional. Derived from the Latin verb, sentire “to feel,” sentimental always implies that the emotions are involved a little too much. If you do something for sentimental reasons, you are only doing it because of an emotional attachment.
感伤指的是一个人依赖情感多于理性,或者小说或电影过于情绪化。感伤(Sentimental)源自拉丁语动词“sentire”,意为“感觉”,总是意味着情感涉及得太多了。如果你出于情感原因做某事,那么你只是因为情感执着而这样做。

文学例句
“But either way, you won’t be returning. If there’s anything of sentimental value in there, now’s the time.”
“但无论如何,你都不会回来了。如果其中有任何具有情感价值的东西,那么现在就是时候了。”
City Spies by James Ponti

“Dad is so childishly sentimental,” Mary Anne said.
“爸爸真是太孩子气了,多愁善感,”玛丽·安妮说。
The Great Santini by Pat Conroy

The painting was worth more than twenty million dollars, but its value to Le Fantôme was sentimental, not financial.
这幅画价值超过两千万美元,但它对 Le Fantôme 的价值是情感上的,而不是经济上的。
City Spies by James Ponti

词源
sentimental (adj.)1749, “pertaining to or characterized by sentiment, appealing to sentiment rather than reason,” from sentiment + -al (1). At first without pejorative connotations; the meaning “too tender-hearted, apt to be swayed by sentiment” is attested by 1768 (implied in sentimentality). The French word is said to be from English. Related: Sentimentally.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
感伤的(adj.)1749,“与情感有关或以情感为特征,诉诸情感而不是理性”,来自情感 + -al (1)。起初没有贬义; 1768年证实了“心太软,容易受感情影响”的含义(隐含在感伤中)。据说法语单词来自英语。相关:情感上。相关条目及更多


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