词族 · sentimental
英语词源
- sentimental (adj.)
- 1749, "pertaining to or characterized by sentiment," from sentiment + -al (1). At first without pejorative connotations; meaning "having too much sentiment, apt to be swayed by prejudice" had emerged by 1793 (implied in sentimentalist). Related: Sentimentally.
权威例句
- 1. Beneath the sentimental psychobabble, there's a likeable movie trying to get out.
- 在多愁善感的心理学呓语之下，一部本有可能受到喜爱的电影挣扎欲出。
- 2. I'm trying not to be sentimental about the past.
- 我努力不让自己表现得感怀过去。
- 3. It just lodged in my mind as a very sentimental song.
- 这首歌令人感怀不已，我已牢牢记住。
- 4. Our paintings and photographs are of sentimental value only.
- 我们的画作和照片仅有纪念价值。
- 5. His father took him on a sentimental pilgrimage to Ireland.
- 他爸爸带他踏上了去爱尔兰的情感之旅。
词语辨析
【sensational, sensible, sentimental, sensitive】
这是一组形近易混词。
sensational: a.耸人听闻的，令人激动的。
• I read a sensational story about a ten-year-old mother. 我听到一则耸人听闻的故事：十岁女孩做妈妈。
sensible: a.有知觉的，可感知的；明智的。
• The patient was speechless but still sensible. 病人虽然不能说话但仍然有知觉。
sentimental: a.多愁善感的，感伤的。
• The novel has scenes full of love and loss; it is so sentimental! 小说有多处场景充满爱情的悲欢离合，真是感伤啊！
sensitive: a.敏感的，灵敏的。
• This film is sensitive to light. 这种胶片对光很敏感。
这是一组形近易混词。
sensational: a.耸人听闻的，令人激动的。
• I read a sensational story about a ten-year-old mother. 我听到一则耸人听闻的故事：十岁女孩做妈妈。
sensible: a.有知觉的，可感知的；明智的。
• The patient was speechless but still sensible. 病人虽然不能说话但仍然有知觉。
sentimental: a.多愁善感的，感伤的。
• The novel has scenes full of love and loss; it is so sentimental! 小说有多处场景充满爱情的悲欢离合，真是感伤啊！
sensitive: a.敏感的，灵敏的。
• This film is sensitive to light. 这种胶片对光很敏感。