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单词

earnest

读音
ˈɜːrnɪst
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英式
词根

“Earnest”一词的原词根为古英语的"eornost",意为“诚实,真诚”。

释义

adj. 认真的,热心的;重要的 n. 认真;定金;诚挚 n. (Earnest)人名;(英)欧内斯特 [ 比较级 more earnest 最高级 most earnest ]

例句

I'm in deadly earnest.
我是非常认真的。
The earnest young doctor answered all our questions.
这个认真的年轻医生回答了我们所有的问题。
I could tell she spoke in earnest.
我看得出她是郑重其事地说的。

强化记忆

联想记忆法:你可以把“earnest”联想成“earn nest(赚鸟巢)”。为了赚到鸟巢,必须要非常努力和认真,这样就容易记住它的意思了。“Earnest”一词源自古英语的 "eornost",最初被用来指“努力,勤奋”,后来发展为现在形容对事物认真严肃的态度。

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♫ no sacred place to hide away. ♫♫ There is no earnest conversation. ♫♫ No words of wisdom from the wise. ♫
So the computing power did not exist in the early '90swhen design work began in earnest.One of the big detectors which record these collisions,
when 60 years ago,when the space program began in earnest,people would have said, "That's not possible"?
"This living hand, now warm and capableOf earnest grasping, would, if it were coldAnd in the icy silence of the tomb,
live on less than two dollars a day.My earnest appeal to fish less took no accountof what that might actually mean
所属分类

大学,出国,专四专八,其他

所在词典

北京成人本科学位英语,大学英语四级近六年,GRE填空及阅读机经,剑桥雅思阅读真题4-15,专八真题近十五年,经济学人(The Economist)