schmaltzy + noun (attributive)
通常用于修饰文艺作品
a schmaltzy love song
一首过分感伤的情歌
过分感伤的；煽情的
过于感伤的,情感丰富的,伤感的；矫揉造作的情感；(歌曲、电影或书籍)过分感伤的
过于感伤的,情感丰富的,伤感的
Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic.
矫揉造作的情感
effusively or insincerely emotional
The movie's schmaltzy ending made everyone roll their eyes.
这部电影过分感伤的结局让大家翻白眼。
用法提示：schmaltzy 作定语修饰 ending，意为“过分感伤的”。
AI contextual example
I find her songs too schmaltzy for my taste.
我觉得她的歌太煽情，不合我的口味。
用法提示：schmaltzy 作表语，表示“煽情的”。
AI contextual example
He gave a schmaltzy speech about family, but nobody believed he meant it.
他发表了一番关于家庭的煽情演讲，但没人相信他是真心的。
用法提示：schmaltzy 作定语修饰 speech，意为“煽情的”。
AI contextual example
通常用于修饰文艺作品
a schmaltzy love song
一首过分感伤的情歌
The movie's ending is too schmaltzy for my taste.
这部电影的结局过于煽情，不合我的口味。
搭配介词about或with表示对某事的态度
He became schmaltzy about his childhood memories.
他谈起童年回忆时变得过分感伤。
grammar · medium
易错句子The movie is full of schmaltzy.
正确表达The movie is full of schmaltz.
‘schmaltzy’是形容词，不能直接用作名词，表示‘过分感伤的内容’需用名词‘schmaltz’。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a very schmaltzy person.
正确表达He is a very sentimental person.
‘schmaltzy’通常修饰作品、音乐等，不用于形容人本身的情感状态，描述人时应改用‘sentimental’。
Schmaltzy 强调过分或虚伪的煽情，带有贬义；而 sentimental 指真诚的情感，可褒可贬但通常中性或褒义。
Maudlin 指借酒消愁或过度感伤，常带自怜；schmaltzy 则是刻意煽情以制造效果。
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