unsentimental
adjective usually approving uk/ˌʌn.sen.tɪˈmen.təl/ us/ˌʌn.sen.t̬əˈmen.t̬əl/
非感伤的
not influenced by emotions or not giving too much importance to emotions, especially love or sadness
They have an unsentimental approach to life.
Her reminiscences of her impoverished childhood are vivid and unsentimental. 她对自己贫困童年的回忆生动而不带感伤。
Opposite: sentimental
Compare: anti-sentimental
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- The film is a gritty, unsentimental drama.
- This is an affecting yet determinedly unsentimental film.
- He has written an admirably unsentimental, balanced memoir.
- The programme is an unsentimental yet compassionate portrait of the singer.
- He loves this place, but his observations are acute and unsentimental - he describes a landscape that is blighted by housing and forestry.