Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #8600
Fully loadedsentimental
感伤的；感情用事的
given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality; overly emotional or nostalgic
- 1.
Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion; appealing to the emotions (especially tender emotions) rather than reason, morality, aesthetic taste, etc.
以情感、感伤或过度情感为特征；吸引情感(尤其是温柔情感)而非理性、道德、美学品味等
- 2.
given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
多愁善感的；情感脆弱的
- 3.
Derived from emotion rather than logical reason.
源于情感而非逻辑推理
- 4.
effusively or insincerely emotional
感情夸张的；虚伪情感的
- 5.
Romantic.
浪漫的
以情感、感伤或过度情感为特征；吸引情感(尤其是温柔情感)而非理性、道德、美学品味等；多愁善感的；情感脆弱的；源于情感而非逻辑推理；感情夸张的；虚伪情感的；浪漫的
In use
She kept the old letters for sentimental reasons.
He becomes sentimental when he hears that song from his childhood.
The movie was too sentimental for my taste.
sentimental soap operas
be sentimental about sth
形容容易因某事动情，后接名词或动名词。
She is sentimental about her childhood memories.
她对童年回忆感到感伤。
get sentimental
表示情绪变得感伤，常用 get 或 become。
He gets sentimental whenever he watches old movies.
他一看老电影就变得感伤。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- sentimental value
- 情感价值
- This necklace has great sentimental value because it was a gift from my grandmother.这条项链很有情感价值，因为它是我祖母送的礼物。
- sentimental journey
- 感伤之旅；怀旧之旅
- Returning to my hometown was a sentimental journey full of memories.回到故乡是一次充满回忆的感伤之旅。
- get sentimental
- 变得多愁善感；感伤起来
- He gets sentimental whenever he talks about his childhood.每当谈起童年，他就会变得多愁善感。
- sentimental about
- 对…感伤/怀旧
- She is sentimental about the old house where she grew up.她对小时候住过的老房子很怀旧。
- overly sentimental
- 过于感伤的；过分多愁善感的
- The movie was overly sentimental and made me cringe.这部电影过于感伤，让我很不自在。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
sentimental = sent（送）+ mental（心理），送出的心理感受，即多愁善感。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：文学评论、日常对话、心理描述 该词在正式与非正式语境中均较常见。在描述情感时可能带有负面色彩（如‘多愁善感’或‘感情夸张’），但也可中性使用。通常用于文学评论、日常对话或心理分析中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the spelling ending '-ental'. However, only 'mental', 'rental', and 'dental' have stress on the first syllable (same as 'sentimental's second syllable? Actually 'sentimental' stress varies; the given IPA lacks stress marks, so precise rhyme is uncertain. 'Parental', 'oriental', and 'fundamental' have different stress patterns, so they may not rhyme exactly. Use these for spelling pattern recognition rather than perfect rhyming.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.