单词earnest
n.: 认真；热心；保证金；预兆
adj.: 非常认真的；诚实的；真诚的
网络: 诚恳的；热心的；诚挚的
非常认真的；诚实的；真诚的:
very serious and sincere
（更加）严肃地，认真地，坚定地:
more seriously and with more force or effort than before
郑重其事；当真:
very serious and sincere about what you are saying and about your intentions; in a way that shows that you are serious
预兆
定钱,保证金
定金
热心;认真
诚挚;认真
尽心
急切
重要的
专心,十分踏实
激烈
严肃的
真挚,诚挚的,诚恳的,热诚恳切;热心
热心的;诚挚的,真挚的,认真的
复数：earnests
Adj.+n.:
earnest request,earnest appeal,earnest desire
adj.serioussolemngravesoberintense
adj.frivoloussuperficial
On this, there arose an earnest contention between the two young princes, each of them affirming himself to be the elder.
负责行刑者来到囚室，问谁是长子。两位年轻王子马上激烈争辩起来，都说自己是兄长。
I"m sure he was in earnest when he said that you could use this money to continue your study of music.
我肯定，你说你可以用这笔钱继续学习音乐是认真的。
one questioner, a young man with an earnest manner, seemed poised to spring as he took the mike.
其中一位提问者态度非常认真，在接过麦克的时候已经准备好了发问。
If all this sounds a bit earnest, don"t worry: there will be plenty of fun in 2009 as well.
如果上述话题过于沉重，不要担心，2009年并不缺乏开心事。
Earnest Hemingway once said : the world is a fine place, and worth fighting for. I agree with the second part.
海明威说过这样的话：这个世界很美好，值得我们为之奋斗。我同意后半句话。
For almost a year they had waged a war of nerves on their neighbours; now it was to be war in earnest.
他们同邻居进行精神战已将近一年；现在要郑重开战了。
Once he reaches his hometown, Tandil, where del Potro has about 150 relatives, he said the party could begin in earnest.
届时，家乡将为他而沸腾，家族的150多个成员会举行超级派对。
I began to see we should have a brush for it in earnest, and looked to my priming .
我开始意识到一场真正的恶战在所难免，便看了看我那支枪里的火药。
Iago, as if in earnest CARE for Othello"s peace of mind, besought him to beware of jealousy.
伊阿古做出假装诚心诚意地关心奥瑟罗精神上的安宁，劝他当心不要吃醋。
The beginnings of a strong movement toward Tradition 2 did not begin in earnest until the twelfth century.
十二世纪，一个朝向传统2的强而有力的运动才郑重地展开。