earnest

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n. 定金, 诚挚, 认真 a. 认真的, 热心的, 重要的

发音

US /ˈɝ.nɪst/
UK /ˈɜː.nɪst/

词形变化

earnests 复数 earnests 三单 earnesting 现在分词 earnested 过去式 earnested 过去分词 earnester 比较级 earnester earnestest more earnest 比较级 earnestest 最高级 most earnest 最高级

别名

arnest

教材释义与例句

形容词

认真的，热心的；重要的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.

    不可数

    1914, February 13, The Times, Obituary: Canon Augustus Jessopp He wrote well in a forcible, colloquial style, with the air of being tremendously in earnest, and full of knowledge which overflowed his pages, tricked out with somewhat boisterous illustrations.

  2. 2.

    Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to joking or pretence)

    不可数
  3. 1.

    A sum of money paid in advance as a deposit; hence, a pledge, a guarantee, an indication of something to come.

v.
  1. 1.

    To be serious with; use in earnest.

    及物
  2. 1.

    second-person singular simple present indicative of earn

    古体
adj. B1
  1. 1.

    Serious, sincere, ingenuous.

  2. 2.

    Focused in the pursuit of an objective; honestly eager to obtain or do.

    earnest prayers

  3. 3.

    Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.

    earnest attention

  4. 4.

    Possessing or characterised by seriousness.

    an earnest disposition

  5. 5.

    Strenuous; diligent.

    热心

    earnest efforts

  6. 6.

    Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.

    认真

    严重

    沉重

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

security surety

下位词 2

arles earnest money
形容词

同义词 6

dear sincere solemn heartfelt devout businesslike

近义相关 3

serious sincere purposeful

相关短语

earnest money 定金 [经] 定金, 保证金 earnest moneys in earnest 正经地, 诚心地

词源

From Middle English ernest, eornest, from Old English eornest, eornost, eornust (“earnestness, zeal, seriousness, battle”), from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz (“earnest, strength, solidity, struggle, fight”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *arniz (“efficient, capable, diligent, sure”), from Proto-Indo-European *er- (“to cause to move, arouse, increase”). Cognate with West Frisian earnst (“earnest, seriousness”), Dutch ernst (“seriousness, gravity, earnest”), German Ernst (“seriousness, earnestness, zeal, vigour”), Icelandic ern (“brisk, vigorous”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐌱𐌰 (arniba, “secure, certain, sure”). The adjective is from Middle English eornest, from Old English eornoste (“earnest, zealous, serious”), from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian ernste (“earnest”), Middle Low German ernest, ernst (“serious, earnest”), German ernst (“serious, earnest”).

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