earnest
英 ['??n?st]
- adj. 認真的，熱心的；重要的
- n. 認真；定金；誠摯
- n. (Earnest)人名；(英)歐內(nèi)斯特
詞組搭配
in earnest
With a purposeful or sincere intent
正經(jīng)的：帶有認真或堅定的目的的
settled down to study in earnest for the examination.
堅定決心認真坐下來復(fù)習(xí)準(zhǔn)備考試
Serious; determined
堅定不移的；嚴(yán)肅的
“Both sides are deeply in earnest, with passions that approximate those of civil war”(&b{Conor Cruise O'Brien})
“雙方都很堅決認真，象是鼓足勁要打一場內(nèi)戰(zhàn)”(&b{康納·克魯斯·奧布賴恩})