earnest
earnest 英 [ˈɜ:nɪst] 美 [ˈɜrnɪst]
adj. 认真的 n. 认真
名词复数:earnests
- If you are earnest, it means you are serious about something. Your parents might not want you to drop out of school to follow some fly-by-night dream, but if you're earnest about wanting a career in show biz, they'll support you.
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- adj. 认真的
- n. 认真
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1. an earnest young man
非常认真的年轻人
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2. Despite her earnest efforts, she could not find a job.
尽管她已尽心竭力，但是仍然找不到工作。
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3. The work on the house will begin in earnest on Monday.
这栋房子的修建工作将在星期一正式开始。
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4. You may laugh but I'm in deadly earnest.
你可以笑，不过我可是正经八百的。
- earnest (adj.1) from Old English eornoste (adj.) "zealous, serious," or from Old English noun eornost "seriousness, serious intent" (surviving only in the phrase in earnest), from Proto-Germanic *er-n-os-ti- (source also of Old Saxon ernust, Old Frisian ernst, Old High German arnust "seriousness, firmness, struggle," German Ernst "seriousness;" Gothic arniba "safely, securely;" Old Norse ern "able, vigorous," jarna "fight, combat"), perhaps from PIE root *er- (1) "to move, set in motion." The proper name Ernest (literally "resolute") is from the same root. Related: Earnestness.
- earnest (adj.2) "portion of something given or done in advance as a pledge," early 15c., with unetymological -t- (perhaps from influence of the other earnest), from Middle English ernes (c. 1200), "a pledge or promise;" often "a foretaste of what is to follow;" also (early 13c.) "sum of money as a pledge to secure a purchase or bind a bargain (earnest-money); from Old French erres and directly from Latin arra, probably from Phoenician or another Semitic language (compare Hebrew 'eravon "a pledge"). Sometimes in Middle English as erness, suggesting it was perceived as er "early" + -ness.
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