Word · Frequency #18455
Fully loadedsentimentality
多愁善感;矫情
falsely emotional in a maudlin way
- 1.
An act or state of being sentimental.
感伤的行为或状态
- 2.
falsely emotional in a maudlin way
虚情假意的
- 3.
extravagant or affected feeling or emotion
夸张或做作的感情
感伤的行为或状态;虚情假意的;夸张或做作的感情;多愁善感;[医] 情感生活
In use
His speech was full of cheap sentimentality, so no one took it seriously.
She prefers plain facts to the sentimentality of old love songs.
The novel avoids sentimentality even when describing the saddest moments.
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。
wallow in sentimentality
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。
without sentimentality
这个短语通常用来表示客观、冷静地处理伤感话题。
Connections
Collocations
- mawkish sentimentality
- 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。
- sickly sentimentality
- 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。
- wallow in sentimentality
- 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。
- avoid sentimentality
- 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。
- nostalgic sentimentality
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词都以重读的 /ælɪti/ 结尾,与 sentimentality 押韵。注意 sentiment /ˈsɛntɪmənt/ 和 sentimental /ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəl/ 的发音和重音不同,不要混淆。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.