sentimentalize
sentimentalise, v [I, Tn]
(derog 贬) speak or write sentimentally; treat (sb/sth) sentimentally 说或写时表达柔懦情感; 以柔懦的情感对待(某人[某事物])
Don't sentimentalize when you talk about animals. 谈论动物不必忧形於色.
This book sentimentalizes the suffering of the disabled. 这本书以柔懦的笔调渲染了残疾人的痛苦.
The Swedes were the first to recognize that public official like civil servants, police officers, health inspectors or tax-collectors can make mistakes or act over-zealously in the belief that they are serving the public.