earnest1
KK: [ˈɝnɪst]
DJ: [ˈǝːnist]
a.
- 認真的；誠摯的；熱心的[（+in/about/over）]
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Mrs. White is
earnest about community work.
懷特太太對社區工作十分熱心。
She is
earnest in her work.
她工作很認真。
Mary is an
earnest worker.
瑪麗是一個認真的工人。
- 重要的；嚴肅的
n.
- 認真，誠摯[U]
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I'm not joking; I'm in
earnest.
我不是開玩笑；我是認真的。
衍生
ad.
earnestly
n. [U]
earnestness
辨析
earnest2
KK: [ˈɝnɪst]
DJ: [ˈǝːnist]
n.[S]
- 定金，保證金
- 預兆，前兆[（+of）]
earnest1
/
ˈəːnɪst/
adj.
sincere and very serious.
Phrase
Derivative
- earnestly adv.
- earnestness n.
Etymology
OE eornoste (adj.), eornost (n.), of Gmc origin.
earnest2
/
ˈəːnɪst/
n.
a sign or promise of what is to come.
Etymology
ME ernes, lit. ‘instalment paid to confirm a contract’, based on OFr. erres, from L. arra, shortened form of arrabo ‘a pledge’.
