sentimental
🇬🇧 UK/.senti'mentl/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLB2
Definitions
adj.
Appealing to or expressing tender emotions rather than reason; excessively emotional or nostalgic.
感伤的,多愁善感的;感情用事的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derived+
iconnector
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mentaction, result, state
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alrelating to, having the nature of
=sentimental
Common Collocations
- 1.sentimental value情感价值
- 2.sentimental journey怀旧之旅
- 3.get sentimental变得感伤
- 4.[sentimental attachment]情感依恋
Example Sentences
- 1.
The old photograph has great sentimental value to our family.
- 2.
He got a little sentimental watching his daughter graduate from college.
- 3.
Critics dismissed the film as too sentimental and predictable.