sentimentalize

verb

1. 带着感情色彩描述好的方面
   to present sth in an emotional way, emphasizing its good aspects and not mentioning its bad aspects
   1. Jackie was careful not to sentimentalize country life.
      杰基很注意，没有过分渲染乡村生活。

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 sentimentalise


1. VERB 使感伤;使带有感情色彩
   If you sentimentalize something, you make it seem sentimental or think about it in a sentimental way.
   1. He seems either to fear women or to sentimentalize them...
      他似乎要么怕女人要么就对她们怀有浪漫想法。
   2. He's the kind of filmmaker who doesn't hesitate to over-sentimentalize.
      他是那种煽起情来不遗余力的电影制作人。
   3. ...Rupert Brooke's sentimentalised glorification of war.
      鲁珀特·布鲁克对战争的带有个人感情色彩的颂扬

1. He seems either to fear women or to sentimentalize them
   他似乎要么怕女人要么就对她们怀有浪漫想法。
2. Don't sentimentalize when you talk about animals.
   谈论动物不必忧形于色。
3. Don't sentimentalize the past events.
   不要伤感于过去的事情！
4. We are apt to sentimentalize our past.
   我们容易感伤地回忆我们的过去。

verb

1. act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression

   Synonym:    sentimentalisesentimentizesentimentise

2. look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
   1. Don't sentimentalize the past events

   Synonym:    sentimentalise

3. make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities
   1. Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind
   2. These experiences have sentimentalized her

   Synonym:    sentimentalise