词组 | sentiment/sentimental ity |
释义 | sentiment/sentimental ity 【问】 sentiment与sentimentality是否同义? 【答】 sentiment与sentimentality是不同义的。sentiment是指“感情”、“情绪”,是与“理智”、“逻辑”相对而言的。例如,sentiment of pity(怜悯之情),sentiment of reverence(复仇的情绪),sentiment of love(爱之情),sentiment of admiration(敬仰之情),sentiment of patriotism(爱国之情),sentiment of loyalty(忠诚的感情),sentiment of respect(尊敬之情)。 As they grow old,people also accumulate belongings for two other reasons,lack of physicaland mental energy,both of which are essential in turning out and throwing away,and sen-timent. (New Concept English. Book 3,P. 142) 当人们年老的时候,还由于其它两个原因而积存物品:一是缺乏体力和精力(因为清理和扔掉无用之物,体力和精力是必不可缺的),二是出于感情上的考虑。 而sentimentality是指“过分表现的感情”、“虚伪假装的感情”与“环境不符的感情”,“需要用理智加以控制的感情”,“无病呻吟”、“多愁善感”,因而常常含有贬意: Sentimentality toward criminals is as dangerous as it is disgusting. 对罪犯感情用事,既是令人厌恶的,又是危险的。 赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第1030页. |
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