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.
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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。
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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。
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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。
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4. Our paintings and photographs are of sentimental value only.
我们的画作和照片仅有纪念价值。
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5. His father took him on a sentimental pilgrimage to Ireland.
