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sentimentality about sth
该结构常带有轻微的贬义，指对某事过度或虚假的情感。
The poem's sentimentality about lost love is hard to bear.
这首诗对逝去爱情的感伤令人难以忍受。
多愁善感；矫情
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
多愁善感；矫情
falsely emotional in a maudlin way
The poem's sentimentality about lost love is hard to bear.
这首诗对逝去爱情的感伤令人难以忍受。
感伤的行为或状态
An act or state of being sentimental.
虚情假意的
falsely emotional in a maudlin way
夸张或做作的感情
extravagant or affected feeling or emotion
His speech was full of cheap sentimentality, so no one took it seriously.
他的演讲充满了廉价的矫情，所以没有人当真。
She prefers plain facts to the sentimentality of old love songs.
比起老情歌里的多愁善感，她更喜欢朴素的事实。
The novel avoids sentimentality even when describing the saddest moments.
这部小说即使在描写最悲伤的时刻也不落于多愁善感。
该结构常带有轻微的贬义，指对某事过度或虚假的情感。
The poem's sentimentality about lost love is hard to bear.
这首诗对逝去爱情的感伤令人难以忍受。
wallow in 原意是‘打滚’，引申为‘沉迷于’，常含批评意味。
The movie wallows in sentimentality instead of telling a good story.
这部电影沉溺于多愁善感，而不是讲一个好故事。
这个短语通常用来表示客观、冷静地处理伤感话题。
She wrote about her childhood without sentimentality.
她毫不感伤地描写了自己的童年。
Not this
She is too sentimentality.
Use this
She is too sentimental.
sentimentality 是名词，作表语描述人的性格需用形容词 sentimental。
Not this
My sentimentality is that we should wait.
Use this
My sentiment is that we should wait.
sentimentality 指多愁善感、矫情，不表示看法；表达观点须用 sentiment。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
矫揉造作的煽情
The film's mawkish sentimentality ruined its otherwise sharp ending.
这部电影矫揉造作的煽情毁了本来犀利的结尾。
病态的多愁善感
She found his sickly sentimentality hard to bear.
她觉得他病态的多愁善感令人难以忍受。
沉溺于多愁善感
He tends to wallow in sentimentality when he's drunk.
他喝醉时往往沉溺于多愁善感。
避免煽情
The director wisely avoided sentimentality in the war scenes.
导演明智地在战争场景中避免了煽情。
怀旧的感伤
The novel mixes harsh realism with nostalgic sentimentality.
这部小说把严酷的现实主义与怀旧的感伤融为一体。
廉价的煽情
The advertisement relies on cheap sentimentality to sell cars.
这则广告靠廉价的煽情来卖车。
沉溺于多愁善感
The film wallows in sentimentality, but the performances keep it watchable.
这部电影沉溺于多愁善感，但表演让它仍值得一看。
没有多愁善感的余地
In the world of big business, there's no room for sentimentality.
在商界，没有多愁善感的余地。
一丝感伤
The song has a touch of sentimentality without becoming mawkish.
这首歌带有一丝感伤，却不至于过于煽情。
英国诗人W.H.奥登的名言：多愁善感是感情的替代品。
The movie was criticized for its excessive sentimentality.
这部电影因过度煽情而受到批评。
Use sentimentality naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 sentiment（情感）与 mental（心理）联想在一起：心理装满了情感，遇事就湿眼眶——多愁善感。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学评论、影评、正式写作 该词意为“多愁善感、矫情”，通常用于书面或正式语境，如文学评论、影评等；日常口语中不常用，比较常见于需要评价情感表达是否过度或做作的场合。
多作不可数名词，指“多愁善感、矫情”；复数形式 sentimentalities 表示具体的伤感表现或各类情感表达。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.