Earnest
[ 'ɜːnɪst ]
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adj. 热心的;诚挚的，真挚的;重要的;
n. 热心;认真;定钱，保证金;诚挚;
📝 例句
earnest congratulations
热忱的祝贺
He lay on his stomach, making an earnest business of sleeping.
他这会儿趴在床上，看样子好象睡得正熟呢。
As an earnest of my good intentions I will work overtime this week.
我愿本周加班工作以示诚意.
His dominant trait was to take all things into earnest consideration.
他性格中最主要的特点是对一切事物都要进行认真思考。
Ham was quite as earnest as he.
汉姆也和他一样地热诚恳切。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ earn-挣钱,est-nest巢:想挣钱买房(巢)所以工作才认真
※ earn-挣钱,earnest-认真的、热心的:挣钱的心情最为热心的
※ ear-耳朵、倾听,nest-巢:诚恳的人们,耳朵中有巢(认真倾听巢里的叫声)
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
earnest
adj
(too) serious; determined; not light-hearted （太）认真的; 坚决的; 不掉以轻心的
a terribly earnest young man 认真得不得了的年轻人. earnest, n (idm 习语) in (dead/deadly/real) `earnest
(a) with determination and energy 有决心和精力
It's beginning to snow in earnest, ie heavily. 雪真的下起来了（下大了）.
(b) serious(ly); not joking(ly) 认真（地）; 并非开玩笑（地）
When she threatened to report us, she was in dead earnest. 她威胁说要告发我们, 她可是郑重其事说的.
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; 保证金.
2 thing meant as a sign or promise of what will follow 预示; 承诺; 保证
As an earnest of my good intentions I will work overtime this week. 我愿本周加班工作以示诚意.
🎯 考研助记
看相:耳朵(ear)有巢(nest)的人是 诚恳的 挣(earn)最多(est)因为是 认真的 网友：yqy 补充：多（est）付出，赚（earn）诚心
🔁 扩展释义
*['ә:nist]n. 定金, 诚挚, 认真a. 认真的, 热心的, 重要的【经】 定金, 保证金, 预示相关词组: in sad earnest
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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Have you decided which boat to take, Sir?
先生，您决定用哪只船了吗？
Another thing which shocked Kunta was that women were held in the castle too.
还有一件事使孔塔感到惊奇，这就是关在城堡里的还有妇女。
This is because they had no natural enemies until the arrival of humans and therefore did not need to develop flying wings.
这是因为人类到达这里之前，这些鸟没有天敌，因此，它们不需要发育飞行的翅膀。