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)歐內斯特
詞組搭配
in earnest
With a purposeful or sincere intent
正經的：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習準備考試
Serious; determined
堅定不移的；嚴肅的
“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戰”(&b{康納·克魯斯·奧布賴恩})