earnest 

  1. 形容詞
(指熱切、嚴肅而)認真的
誠摯的
熱心的
重要的, 嚴肅的
(人)in earnest:
(說話時)認真的/
誠摯的
(人)in deadly earnest:
一本正經的
不是說著玩的

    同義字詞
grave,humorless,no-nonsense,sedate,serious,severe,sober,solemn,staid,uncomic,unsmiling,weighty

  2. 副詞
in earnest:
正式地
真正地

    
                        
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  3. 

    名詞
不可數名詞:
(指熱切、嚴肅的)認真
誠摯
限定單數可數名詞:
定金
保證金

    

    同義字詞
earnestness,graveness,gravity,intentness,serious-mindedness,seriousness,soberness,sobriety,solemnity,solemnness,staidness

    
                        
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                                Here was battle in real earnest .                            
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                                Our enemy is equally in earnest .                            
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                                He began restoring it in earnest .                            
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                                She gave him a pleased earnest nod.                            
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                                Just faster, deeper and more earnest .                            
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