sen·ti·ment·al·ize (also sentimentalise British English) /ˌsentəˈmentl-aɪz/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]
PERFECTto speak, write, or think about only the good or happy things about something, not the bad things 只谈…的美好一面;感性对待
novels that sentimentalize the past
怀旧小说
Examples from the Corpus
sentimentalize• Does he, though, slightly sentimentalize the Andantino sections of the first movement?• These historicalnovelstended to sentimentalize the past.• In keeping with the generalmood of the time, these novels tended to sentimentalize the past.• But the Marschallin does not misjudge, nor does she sentimentalize the situation.