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over-sentimental

/sen-tuh-men-tl/US // ˌsɛn təˈmɛn tl //UK // (ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəl) //

多愁善感,伤感过度,伤感过头,过度感情用事

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
    • : pertaining to or dependent on sentiment: We kept the old photograph for purely sentimental reasons.
    • : weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender: the sentimental Victorians.
    • : characterized by or showing sentiment or refined feeling.

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Examples

  • They are always suspended over a precipice, dangling by a slender thread that shows every sign of snapping.

  • And now, similarly, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee: "Bend over and take it like a prisoner!"

  • Perhaps on his own nowadays, Epstein is trying his best to webmaster over a dozen URLs.

  • But yes, I pictured a James Bond-type just sauntering over to her.

  • The debate over who really pulled off the Sony hack, then, could continue indefinitely.

  • It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.

  • All over the world the just claims of organized labor are intermingled with the underground conspiracy of social revolution.

  • After we had passed over this desert, we found several garisons to defend the caravans from the violence of the Tartars.

  • After relievedly giving the pistol to the nearest soldier, he stumbled quickly over to Brion and took his hand.

  • Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control.