1ADJ-GRADED 感伤的;多情的;多愁善感的 Someone or something that is sentimental feels or shows pity or love, sometimes to an extent that is considered exaggerated and foolish. 感伤的;多情的;多愁善感的
I'm trying not to be sentimental about the past. [+ about]
Childhood had less freedom and joy than we sentimentally attribute to it.
童年并非像我们现在一厢情愿所认为的那样自在快乐。
sentimentality
In this book there is no sentimentality.
这本书里没有故作感伤的情绪。
2ADJ [usually ADJ n]情感(上)的;(尤指)(出于)怀旧的Sentimental means relating to or involving feelings such as pity or love, especially for things in the past. 情感(上)的;(尤指)(出于)怀旧的
Our paintings and photographs are of sentimental value only.