If something is hokey, it tries to make you feel a big emotion, but it does it in an old-fashioned, simple, or silly way — so it feels cheap or fake, not deep.

If something is如果某件事物 hokey很矯情老套 it tries to make you feel a big emotion它想讓你感受到強烈的情緒 but it does it但做的方式 in an old-fashioned, simple, or silly way老派、簡單或愚蠢 so it feels cheap or fake所以讓人覺得廉價或虛假 not deep而不深刻

A film with too much slow music and easy tears can feel hokey. A speech that piles on “home” and “believe in yourself” can feel hokey too.

A film with too much slow music and easy tears一部音樂太慢、太容易催淚的電影 can feel hokey可能會讓人覺得很矯情老套 A speech一段演講 that piles on “home” and “believe in yourself”堆滿「家」和「相信自己」這類話 can feel hokey too也可能讓人覺得矯情老套

It is mainly an informal American word, and it is not a compliment. People who like old, sweet stories may not mind; people who want something sharp will roll their eyes.

It is它 mainly an informal American word主要是美式口語詞 and it is not a compliment而且不是稱讚 People who like old, sweet stories喜歡老派溫馨故事的人 may not mind可能不會介意 people who want something sharp想要犀利一點的人 will roll their eyes則會翻白眼

Hokey is about tone — too much feeling, shown too easily — not about whether the facts are wrong. Though actually, speakers also stretch it a little to mean “contrived” in general, not only sentimental, but the heart of the word is still that cheap, old-style emotion.

Hokey is about toneHokey講的是語氣 too much feeling, shown too easily情感太多、表現得太輕易 not about whether the facts are wrong不是在說事實對不對 Though actually不過其實 speakers also stretch it a little大家有時也會把這詞用得寬一點 to mean “contrived” in general泛指「刻意做作」 not only sentimental不只是煽情 but the heart of the word is still但這詞的核心還是 that cheap, old-style emotion那種廉價老派的情緒