earnest

认真的，热心的；重要的英释adjadjvery serious and sincere

认真；定金；诚挚英释nnif something starts happening in earnest, it begins properly – used when it was happening in a small or informal way before

1 in earnest,认真的；诚挚地；正经的

2 in real earnest,adv. 认真地

3 in sad earnest,[古语]十分严肃地，一本正经地

1 a rather earnest young man.相当认真的一个年轻人

2 Matthews was in earnest conversation with a young girl..马修斯在和一个年轻姑娘认真地谈话。

3 an earnest desire to offer something useful to society.为社会做贡献的真诚愿望