Earnest
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adj. 熱心的;誠摯的，真摯的;重要的;
n. 熱心;認真;定錢，保證金;誠摯;
?? 例句
earnest congratulations
熱忱的祝賀
He lay on his stomach, making an earnest business of sleeping.
他這會兒趴在床上，看樣子好象睡得正熟呢。
As an earnest of my good intentions I will work overtime this week.
我愿本周加班工作以示誠意.
His dominant trait was to take all things into earnest consideration.
他性格中最主要的特點是對一切事物都要進行認真思考。
Ham was quite as earnest as he.
漢姆也和他一樣地熱誠懇切。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ earn-掙錢,est-nest巢:想掙錢買房(巢)所以工作才認真
※ earn-掙錢,earnest-認真的、熱心的:掙錢的心情最為熱心的
※ ear-耳朵、傾聽,nest-巢:誠懇的人們,耳朵中有巢(認真傾聽巢里的叫聲)
? 同義詞
?? 牛津釋義
earnest
adj
(too) serious; determined; not light-hearted （太）認真的; 堅決的; 不掉以輕心的
a terribly earnest young man 認真得不得了的年輕人. earnest, n (idm 習語) in (dead/deadly/real) `earnest
(a) with determination and energy 有決心和精力
It's beginning to snow in earnest, ie heavily. 雪真的下起來了（下大了）.
(b) serious(ly); not joking(ly) 認真（地）; 并非開玩笑（地）
When she threatened to report us, she was in dead earnest. 她威脅說要告發我們, 她可是鄭重其事說的.
earnest n [sing]
1 sum of money paid as an instalment or a deposit to show that full payment will be made later 定金; 保證金.
2 thing meant as a sign or promise of what will follow 預示; 承諾; 保證
As an earnest of my good intentions I will work overtime this week. 我愿本周加班工作以示誠意.
?? 考研助記
看相:耳朵(ear)有巢(nest)的人是 誠懇的 掙(earn)最多(est)因為是 認真的 網友：yqy 補充：多（est）付出，賺（earn）誠心
?? 擴展釋義
*['?:nist]n. 定金, 誠摯, 認真a. 認真的, 熱心的, 重要的【經】 定金, 保證金, 預示相關詞組: in sad earnest
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I'd come too if I had time to spare.
如果我能勻出時間，我也愿意去。
The fire service began to wonder whether a gas might have caused the fire.
消防部門開始懷疑有一種氣體可能會導致火災。
We had lost the path and had no hope of finding it again.
我們找不到那條小路，而且也沒有希望再找到它了。