sentimentally
sentimentally — 副詞
1. using or showing feelings of affection or tender happiness, especially when reme
感傷地
帶著懷舊情感地
using or showing feelings of affection or tender happiness, especially when remembering or thinking about pleasant times in the past
Min smiled sentimentally when she found her old school photos in the attic.
Min 在閣樓裡找到當年的舊校園照片，感傷地笑了。
sentimentally + smile (verb of expression)
The old photograph made Andrei speak sentimentally about his childhood summers.
那張老照片讓 Andrei 感傷地談起他的童年夏天。
speak sentimentally about [topic]
Devika spoke sentimentally about the postcards her grandmother had sent her.
Devika 感傷地說起祖母寄給她的那些明信片。
Ilan handles his grandmother's worn-out recipe book sentimentally and never throws it away.
Ilan 感傷地保存著祖母那本破舊的食譜，從來不肯丟掉。
Anna watched the home video sentimentally while the children played nearby.
Anna 看著家庭錄影帶，感傷地回想過去，孩子們則在附近玩耍。
- nostalgically
more focused on longing for the past
- fondly
warmer and more affectionate; less reflective
- tenderly
suggests gentleness and care, not necessarily about the past
- dispassionately
without emotional involvement
- matter-of-factly
practical and unemotional
文法句型
sentimentally + verb
sentimentally + adjective
用法筆記
Most often describes actions involving memories, keepsakes, or people from one's past. The tone is warm or bittersweet, not disapproving.
常見錯誤
2. behaving or expressing yourself in an overly emotional way, focusing on feelings
濫情地
過度情緒化地
behaving or expressing yourself in an overly emotional way, focusing on feelings such as love or sadness more than is reasonable
The film was ruined by a scene where the hero cries sentimentally for several minutes.
片中主角濫情地哭了幾分鐘，那場戲毀了整部電影。
sentimentally + cry (pejorative context)
The singer performed the sad ballad too sentimentally, and the critics hated it.
那位歌手把那首悲傷的抒情歌唱得太濫情，樂評人非常不喜歡。
too sentimentally — adverbial modifier of degree
Hassan rolled his eyes when the advertisement showed people hugging sentimentally.
Hassan 看到廣告裡的人在濫情地擁抱時，翻了一個白眼。
After her breakup, Lauren wrote sentimentally about love instead of moving forward.
分手之後，Lauren 濫情地寫著關於愛情的事，而不是繼續向前走。
Pim felt the eulogy was written too sentimentally, with details that were not true.
Pim 覺得那篇悼詞寫得太濫情了，裡面有很多不實的細節。
- mawkishly
more strongly negative; suggests sickly, exaggerated emotion
- cloyingly
suggests emotion that is sweet and unpleasant in excess
- over-emotionally
neutral description without the poetic tone of 'mawkish'
- stoically
accepting difficulty without showing emotion
- unsentimentally
practical, without emotional influence
文法句型
too sentimentally + verb
sentimentally + verb
用法筆記
Carries a mildly critical tone: the speaker implies that the emotion shown is too strong or not appropriate for the situation. Common after verbs of performance (sing, act, cry, write).