maudlin

英 [ˈmɔːdlɪn] 美 [ˈmɔːdlɪn]

adj.  (尤指醉酒时)言语伤感的,感情脆弱的,自怜的; 渲染感情的

GRE

BNC.24911 / COCA.24842



牛津词典

adj.

  1. (尤指醉酒时)言语伤感的,感情脆弱的,自怜的
    talking in a silly, emotional way, often full of pity for yourself, especially when drunk
    1. 渲染感情的
      expressing or causing exaggerated emotions, especially in way that is not sincere

      柯林斯词典

      1. ADJ-GRADED (尤指酒后)伤感的,多愁善感的
        If you describe someone as maudlin, you mean that they are being sad and sentimental in a foolish way, perhaps because of drinking alcohol.
        1. Jimmy turned maudlin after three drinks.
          3杯酒下肚,吉米愁上心头。
        2. ...maudlin self-pity.
          自艾自怜
      2. ADJ-GRADED (歌曲、书、电影等)伤感的,凄哀的
        If you describe a song, book, or film as maudlin, you are criticizing it for being very sentimental.
        1. ...the most maudlin song of all time.
          有史以来最伤感的歌曲
        2. ...a hugely entertaining (if overlong and maudlin) movie.
          (尽管超长又伤感但)极其引人入胜的影片

      双语例句

      1. Jimmy turned maudlin after three drinks.
        3杯酒下肚,吉米愁上心头。
      2. Occasionally we mourn that lost world, but that, it seems to me, is maudlin and sentimental.
        我们偶然对那个失去的天地感到悲痛,不过在我看来,那是感情脆弱多愁善感的表现。
      3. The company were in that maudlin mood when a little wit goes a great way.
        这些人充满着伤感情调,一点点打趣的话也会使大家感到很愉快。
      4. But that's enough maudlin sentimentality, I have work to do!
        但那已多愁善感足够了,我有工作要做!
      5. We saw a maudlin movie about an orphan who lost his parents in the war.
        我们看了一场关于在战争中失去父母的孤儿的感人电影。
      6. I do not like such maudlin pictures.
        我不喜欢如此伤感的影片。
      7. She continued in the same rather maudlin tone.
        她继续用那种颇带几分伤感的语调说话。
      8. A bathetic novel; maudlin expressons of sympathy; mushy effusiveness; a schmaltzy song; sentimental soap operas; slushy poetry.
        矫情的小说;伤感的表示同情;多愁善感的唠叨;伤感的歌曲;多愁善感的肥皂剧;多愁善感的诗歌。
      9. When scorned, they are very hurt and may overreact in an almost maudlin way.
        当被嘲笑,他们会非常受伤,可能以一种感情脆弱的方式反应过火。
      10. Ginger is the traditional spice for its arom and pungency. In his prose, Shi Tuo exposed desolation and decadence of the society of the time by acrid and sardonic tone, and expressed people's distress and pungency by pensive and maudlin words.
        姜是我国传统的香辛料,其风味芳香而辛辣。在散文创作中,师陀用辛辣讽刺的笔触揭示社会的荒凉与颓败,用忧郁沧桑的文字抒写浮生的忧伤与辛酸。

      英英释义

      adj

      1. effusively or insincerely emotional
        1. a bathetic novel
        2. maudlin expressions of sympathy
        3. mushy effusiveness
        4. a schmaltzy song
        5. sentimental soap operas
        6. slushy poetry

        Synonym:    batheticdrippyhokeymawkishkitschymushyschmaltzyschmalzysentimentalsoppysoupyslushy