Sentimentality is the quality of being sentimental: that extra softness of feeling, often more than the facts can carry.

Sentimentality is the quality of being sentimentalSentimentality是sentimental（多愁善感）這種特質: that extra softness of feeling那種多出來的、軟綿綿的情感, often more than the facts can carry常常已經超過事實本身能撐得起的份量。

A speech can have sentimentality; a film can drown in it. The word is a noun for the flavour, not for the person.

A speech can have sentimentality一場演講可以帶有sentimentality; a film can drown in it一部電影可能整個泡在裡面。The word is a noun for the flavour這個字是用來指那種味道的名詞, not for the person而不是指人。

People usually say it with a little frown — too sweet, too tearful, not quite true — though you can admit to a bit of sentimentality without shame, the way you admit to keeping an old ticket stub.

People usually say it with a little frown大家講這個字的時候通常會皺點眉頭 — too sweet太甜膩, too tearful太愛掉淚, not quite true不夠真實 — though you can admit to a bit of sentimentality without shame不過你也可以大方承認自己有點sentimentality而不覺得丟臉, the way you admit to keeping an old ticket stub就像承認自己留著一張舊票根一樣。

Though actually, in music history there is also a narrower use, copying German Empfindsamkeit, for a tender, feeling style; that is specialist talk, not what most learners need first. In ordinary English, if you mention someone’s sentimentality, you are naming the softness itself, the quality sitting on the work or the mood.

Though actually不過其實, in music history there is also a narrower use音樂史裡還有一個比較窄的用法, copying German Empfindsamkeit是借用德文的Empfindsamkeit, for a tender, feeling style指一種溫柔、重感情的風格; that is specialist talk, not what most learners need first這是專業說法，不是大多數學習者一開始需要知道的。In ordinary English在一般英文裡, if you mention someone's sentimentality如果你提到某人的sentimentality, you are naming the softness itself你是在指出那份軟情感本身, the quality sitting on the work or the mood那份附著在作品或情緒上的特質。