It came as a reaction against the lie of romanticism and sentimentalism.

现实主义反对浪漫主义和感伤主义的谎言，它从一个陌生的世界转向了普通人的真实生活的描写。

But suddenly he saw the reporter's face soften, and melt to a naive sentimentalism.

但突然间，他看到记者的脸色柔和下来，融化成一种天真的感伤。

It is a bizarre sentimentalism that would deny oil that is peacefully attainable because it risks disrupting the birthing grounds of Arctic caribou.

就因为可能破坏北美驯鹿的繁衍地而放弃能够以和平手段获得的石油，这是一种十分怪异的感情用事。