earnest
earnest 英 [ˈɜ:nɪst] 美 [ˈɜrnɪst]
adj. 认真的，热心的；重要的 n. 认真；定金；诚挚
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，热心的；重要的
- n. 认真；定金；诚挚
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1. The next day, an earnest editor wrote an editorial.
第二天，一个诚挚的编辑写了一篇社论。
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2. If I were, this is the stage when I would prepare in earnest for them.
如果我有必要参加考试，我会在这个阶段认真准备考试。
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3. The next day, an earnest editor wrote an editorial.He appealed to everyone to help each other.
第二天，一个诚挚的编辑写了一篇社论。 他呼吁每个人互相帮助。
- 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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