in earnest 详细解释

in earnest

认真地, 郑重地

英英释义

副词 in earnest:

in a serious manner

同义词:seriously, earnestly

补充

in earnestin earnest1.认真的, 诚挚的I'm sure he was in earnest when he said he wanted to marry her.我相信他说想娶她是真心的。

例句

1. Campaigning will begin in earnest tomorrow.竞选将于明日真正开始。 2. Then she started crying in earnest.然后她就开始痛哭了起来。 3. The two countries can finally start negotiating in earnest about issues of mutual concern.两国终于可以开始就双方共同关心的问题进行严肃认真的谈判了。 4. No one could tell whether he was speaking in earnest or in jest.谁都不知道他说这话是认真的还是在开玩笑。 5. The search began in earnest when the police arrived.警察到达后,开始了认真的搜寻。 6. It began to rain in earnest [=heavily] in the evening.晚上,雨开始下大了。 7. It's hard to tell if he's making this proposal in earnest.很难说他提出这个建议是否是认真的。 8. "We thought he was joking at first, but then we realized that he was in earnest. [=he was being serious]"我们一开始还以为他在开玩笑,但后来意识到他是认真的。