earnest
adj. 认真的，热心的；重要的
n. 认真；定金；诚挚
n. (Earnest)人名；(英)欧内斯特
adj.
热心的；诚挚的，真挚的；重要的；
n.
热心；认真；定钱，保证金；诚挚
变形
复数：earnests
双语释义
adj.(形容词)郑重其事的,非常认真的 determined and serious, especially too serious
英英释义
earnest[ 'ə:nist ]
n.something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract
adj.
characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
"both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"
同义词：sinceresolemn
earnest
同义词：deardevoutheartfelt
not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal
同义词：businesslike
词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
earnest student认真的学生
earnest wish诚挚的愿望
～+介词
earnest about认真对待…
earnest for热切盼望…
词组短语
in earnest认真的；诚挚地；正经的
in real earnest adv. 认真地
in sad earnest[古语]十分严肃地，一本正经地
同近义词辨析
solemn, sober, earnest, grave, severe, serious这组词都有“严肃的”的意思，其区别是：
solemn指人表情或场景气氛严肃，侧重威严名印象深刻。
sober侧重因控制或抑制自己的感情而表现出的庄重。
earnest指严肃，认真，含诚恳和热情意味。
grave侧重严肃和尊严，需要认真思考，含令人担忧意味。
severe指面孔的严肃，法律的严厉，伤病的严重。着重严厉性，无丝毫温情。
serious指具有关键、严肃或严重意义的事情。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
I'm sure he was earnest when he said he would come.
我相信他说他会来是认真的。
He is a good, earnest, diligent student.
他是一个认真勤奋的好学生。
I strive to live each day with earnest gratitude.
我努力使生活的每一天都充满真诚的感激。
用作名词(n.)
Earnest was legally unnecessary.
法律上并不要求必须有定金。
The money was given in earnest to finalize the contract.
这笔钱是作为敲定合同的定金。
The current economic slump is an earnest of the major recession to come.
当前的经济滑坡预示着一次大的衰退即将来临。
You will have to pay"earnest money"to guarantee your participation till the end of the tender.
为保证您自始至终参加投标，您应该缴纳保证金。
用作名词(n.)
She spoke half in sport, half in earnest.
她半开玩笑半认真地说。
At last he has settled to his work in earnest.
最后他安心认真地干起他的工作来。
I could tell she spoke in earnest.
我看得出她是郑重其事地说的。
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earnest
earnest: [OE] Earnest was originally a much more red-blooded word than it is today. It comes ultimately from a Germanic base *ern- which denoted ‘vigour’ or ‘briskness’. To this was added the noun suffix – ost (earnest was originally a noun), giving Old English eornost, which appears at first to have meant ‘intense passion’, and particularly ‘zeal in battle’. However, by the end of the Old English period there is already evidence of a semantic toning down from ‘intensity of feeling’ to ‘seriousness of feeling’ (as opposed to ‘frivolity’), a process which has culminated in modern English connotations of ‘over-seriousness’.
earnest (adj.1)
from Old English eornoste (adj.) "zealous, serious," or from Old English noun eornost "seriousness, serious intent" (surviving only in the phrase in earnest), from Proto-Germanic *er-n-os-ti- (cognates: Old Saxon ernust, Old Frisian ernst, Old High German arnust "seriousness, firmness, struggle," German Ernst "seriousness;" Gothic arniba "safely, securely;" Old Norse ern "able, vigorous," jarna "fight, combat"), perhaps from PIE root *er- (1) "to move, set in motion." The proper name Ernest (literally "resolute") is from the same root. Related: Earnestness.
earnest (adj.2)
"portion of something given or done in advance as a pledge," early 15c., with excrescent -t- (perhaps from influence of the other earnest), from Middle English ernes (c. 1200), "a pledge or promise;" often "a foretaste of what is to follow;" also (early 13c.) "sum of money as a pledge to secure a purchase or bind a bargain (earnest-money); from Old French erres and directly from Latin arra, probably from Phoenician or another Semitic language (compare Hebrew 'eravon "a pledge"). Sometimes in Middle English as erness, suggesting it was perceived as er "early" + -ness.
1. Life is real! Life is earnest!
生命是真实的!生活是严肃的!
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. "I am in earnest," said the Prince.
“我是诚心诚意的”，王子说。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. He has an earnest desire to be an all round person.
他迫切希望成为一个全面发展的人。?
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. He lay on his stomach, making an earnest business of sleeping.
他这会儿趴在床上，看样子好象睡得正熟呢。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. His dominant trait was to take all things into earnest consideration.
他性格中最主要的特点是对一切事物都要进行认真思考。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. earnest congratulations
热忱的祝贺
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
7. Ham was quite as earnest as he.
汉姆也和他一样地热诚恳切。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. Earnest was legally unnecessary.
法律上并不要求必须有定金。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. As an earnest of my good intentions I will work overtime this week.
我愿本周加班工作以示诚意.
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
10. Meteor shower begin in earnest in mid-July.
流星雨真正开始是在七月中旬。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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