If something is saccharine, it is too romantic, too sweet, in a way that feels silly and not honest. A saccharine film piles on the sad music and the perfect kisses until you stop believing anyone in it is a real person.

If something is saccharine如果一個東西是saccharine（矯情、甜到發膩）的, it is too romantic, too sweet它就是太浪漫、太甜, in a way that feels silly and not honest甜得讓人覺得很假、不誠懇。A saccharine film一部saccharine的電影 piles on the sad music and the perfect kisses會一直堆傷感音樂和完美的吻戲, until you stop believing anyone in it is a real person堆到你不再相信裡面的人是真實的人為止。

People use it about cards, speeches, pop songs, and writing. It is not a compliment.

People use it about cards, speeches, pop songs, and writing大家會用這個字來形容卡片、演講、流行歌和文章。It is not a compliment這不是稱讚。

It comes from an old word for sugar, so the picture is “sweet” — though actually nobody is talking about sugar in the kitchen when they say it this way. You can still find a rarer, more literal use meaning “like sugar” or “very sweet to taste”, but in ordinary English, especially in reviews, the fake-sweet-feelings sense has almost eaten the other one.

It comes from an old word for sugar這個字源自一個表示「糖」的舊字, so the picture is "sweet"所以背後的畫面是「甜」 — though actually nobody is talking about sugar in the kitchen when they say it this way不過其實這樣用的時候，沒有人是在講廚房裡的糖。You can still find a rarer, more literal use你還是找得到比較少見、比較字面的用法 meaning "like sugar" or "very sweet to taste"意思是「像糖一樣」或「嚐起來很甜」, but in ordinary English, especially in reviews不過在一般英文裡，尤其是在評論文章裡, the fake-sweet-feelings sense has almost eaten the other one「情感假甜膩」這個意思幾乎把另一個意思吃掉了。

It sounds a little like a teacher’s or a critic’s word; a child would more likely say the film was too soppy.

It sounds a little like a teacher's or a critic's word這個字聽起來有點像老師或評論家會用的字; a child would more likely say the film was too soppy小孩比較可能會說這部電影太soppy（太肉麻）了。