sentiment

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sen·ti·ment /ˈsentəmənt/ noun

1 [countableC, uncountableU] formalOPINION an opinion or feeling you have about something 意见，观点，感想

Similar sentiments were expressed by many politicians.

许多政治家都表达了相同的观点。

popular/public sentiment (=what most people think) 公众的意见

He was more in touch with public sentiment than many of his critics.

比起许多批评他的人，他更了解公众的意见。

anti-American/anti-nationalistic/anti-religious etc sentiments

the anti-immigrant sentiments expressed by some Americans

一些美国人表露出的反移民情绪

‘After all, it’s her decision.’ ‘My sentiments exactly (=I agree).’

“毕竟，这是她自己作的决定。”“我同意。”

In everyday English, people usually say feeling rather than sentiment: 在日常英语中,人们一般说feeling,而不说sentiment

They all expressed similar feelings.

他们都表达了类似的想法。

2 [uncountableU]EMOTIONAL feelings of pity, love, sadness etc that are often considered to be too strong or not suitable for a particular situation 多愁善感；感情因素 SYN emotion

There’s no place for sentiment in business!

做生意哪能感情用事！

Examples from the Corpus

sentiment• This was a sentiment roundly endorsed by all present.• The characters have a heightened and highly emotional response to events, actions and sentiments.• He was overwhelmed by sentiment as he thought of his wife.• Those are fine sentiments, boy, but they're only going to cause you trouble.• He could afford his lofty sentiment.• The speeches were full of nationalist sentiments.• He makes no record of his own sentiments at this point; nor of what he said in reply.• Several meetings were held to determine what public sentiment was on the issue.• They could have done without De Gaulle's sentiment.• Yet in the face of this particular story such sentiments can seem like pious claptrap.• These sentiments remained with him until the morning light came shining through the windows.• Most people were outraged by the bombing, and their letters of sympathy reflected this sentiment.• Your sentiments have been echoed in the faculty chambers along with many others.

popular/public sentiment• But analysts said politics and public sentiment almost certainly played key roles.• Rojas did not attend the meeting, which was the first of four sessions held to gauge public sentiment.• In effect, the proposals discussed above take no account at all of popular sentiment.• A massive change of public sentiment is always overdetermined.• It is imperative that courts decide cases based solely on the evidence and never on public sentiment, however strong.• Though they were breaking the law, the popular sentiment was such that they were seldom prosecuted.• Yet in the years before 1938 Eden was obviously closer than his critics to public sentiment.• Are there more representative ways in which public sentiments regarding governmental action may be expressed? 2.

From Longman Business Dictionary

sentimentsen·ti·ment /ˈsentəmənt/ noun [uncountableU]

the feelings and opinions people have about something

The Dow Jones Index rose, reflecting market sentiment that the economy is improving.

Encouraging economic news reinforcedbullish (=positive and hopeful) sentiment toward the U.S. dollar.

Origin sentiment

(1300-1400) French Medieval Latin sentimentum, from Latin sentire; → SENTIENT

sen·ti·ment noun →REGISTER1

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