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单词 sentimentalize
释义 sen·ti·men·tal·ize
\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈmentəlˌīz\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: sentimental (I) + -ize
intransitive verb
: to indulge in sentiment : romanticize
 < it's a waste of breath to go back over the past and sentimentalize — Agatha Christie >
 < analyzed lust in its crudest form … and grieved without sentimentalizing over it — Monica Stirling >
transitive verb
: to look upon or imbue (as a person or thing) with sentiment : romanticize
 < denounced as a sentimentalized Christianity that religious attitude which prefers slavery to war — Current Biography >
 < the mistake of sentimentalizing the politician as a poor abused fellow — John Lodge >
 < the most insidious vices are those that began as virtues, and have been sentimentalized long after they became ugly — Katharine F. Gerould >
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