earnestness

n.  认真;诚挚;正经;一本正经的文风

BNC.32849 / COCA.22724



柯林斯词典

  1. PHRASE (更)严肃地;(更)郑重地
    If something is done or happens in earnest, it happens to a much greater extent and more seriously than before.
    1. Campaigning will begin in earnest tomorrow...
      竞选将于明日郑重开始。
    2. 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更为认真的谈判。
  2. ADJ-GRADED 认真的;诚挚的;真诚的
    Earnest people are very serious and sincere in what they say or do, because they think that their actions and beliefs are important.
    1. Ella was a pious, earnest woman...
      埃拉是个虔诚、认真的女人。
    2. His expression is as earnest when he smiles as when he is arguing...
      他不论笑的时候还是争论的时候表情都同样真诚。
    3. Despite their earnest efforts, they still struggle to win support.
      尽管已尽心竭力,他们仍然无法赢得支持。
  3. PHRASE 认真地;诚挚地;真诚地
    If you are in earnest, you are sincere in what you are doing and saying.
    1. It presented in satirical terms points made in earnest by Catholic writers...
      它用讽刺的语言呈现了天主教作家郑重其事表明的观点。
    2. No one could tell whether he was in earnest or in jest.
      谁都不知道他是认真的还是在开玩笑。

双语例句

  1. The old man` s eyes sparkled with wisdom, earnestness and a childish smile.
    老人的眼中闪烁着智慧的光芒,眼神坚定不移,时而还会露出孩子般灿烂的笑容。
  2. As for little Pearl, the earnestness soon passed out of her face.
    至于小珠儿呢,那种诚挚的神情很快就从她脸上消失了。
  3. If you bring the right earnestness to your homemade ceremony, God will provide the grace.
    你若认真看待自己亲手制作的仪式,就会蒙神恩宠。
  4. The love is an emotion, onlying have to have no private love just most earnestness, feeling person and can never lose.
    爱是发自内心的一种情感,只有无私的爱才最真挚、人并且永远不会失去。
  5. You said that there was something endearing about the earnestness of it all.
    你说你觉得那种电影里的执著和真挚很可爱。
  6. You may choose any way that suits you; your earnestness will determine the rate of progress.
    你可以选择任何合适的方法;你的诚意将决定进展的速度。
  7. Storms of temptation appear cruel, but do they not give intenser earnestness to prayer?
    风暴似的摧残,虽然看来残酷,岂不是使我更加热切而认真地祷告吗?
  8. That was earnestness and perseverance in academic studies, which is the great heritage this giant has left behind.
    这位科学巨人留给我们的宝贵的遗产就是对待学术研究认认真真一丝不苟,坚持不懈的精神。
  9. So Martin contaminated Professor Caldwell with his own earnestness, challenging him to speak his mind.
    这样,马丁以他急切的心情感染了考德威尔教授,逼着他说出了心里话。
  10. How could you forget that with all their simplicity, earnestness and unyieldingness, they are symbolic of our peasants in the North?
    难道你就不想到它的朴质,严肃,坚强不屈,至少也象征了北方的农民;
  11. I started my new job with great earnestness.
    我以极大的热忱开始了我的新工作。
  12. Without the earnestness in academic study, he would not have reached that height.
    在学术研究上,如果没有严谨认真的精神,他将无法达到如此的高度。
  13. She would glide in among them, and look at them with an air of perplexed and sorrowful earnestness.
    她有时还溜到他们中间来,用困惑忧郁而恳切的神情凝视着他们。
  14. It is neither difficult, nor a protracted process; earnestness is the only condition of success.
    它既不困难、亦不冗长;成就的唯一条件是诚恳。
  15. Beneath that, though, is an earnestness that cannot be faked. A true feeling that the pair have fully bought into their work.
    在那永不消褪的热情之下,这对搭档满怀着真挚的感情投入了他们的工作中。
  16. His diligence, earnestness, carefulness and brilliance, made him praised by all.
    他勤奋认真,细心聪明,人人都夸他。
  17. Gossip is the very antithesis of intensity and earnestness.
    流言是强度和诚挚的对立面。
  18. Above all, it was his earnestness that decided her.
    她之所以下了决心,最主要的是由于他的诚挚。
  19. He looked with inquiring earnestness at his two daughters and edmund, dwelling particularly on the latter.
    他以急切询问的目光看着他的两女儿和埃德蒙,尤其是注视着埃德蒙。
  20. Yes, you want to cherish the earnestness of this predestination very much, yes, you lead hard.
    是的,你很想珍惜这缘分的真挚,是的,你努力过。
  21. He spoke with an earnestness that carried conviction to his students.
    他的诚恳态度,使学生都很相信他。
  22. He explained in all earnestness how the world was on the brink of ecological disaster.
    他十分严肃地阐述世界是怎样处于生态灾难的边缘。
  23. There was about Jephson a hard, integrated earnestness which soon convinced Clyde.
    杰甫逊的坚决与认真立刻使克莱德心悦诚服。
  24. She admired everything she saw in a tone of syrupy earnestness.
    她对所看到一切都以热切得过分的口气赞不绝口。
  25. "You speak, my friend, with a strange earnestness," said old Roger chillingworth, smiling at him.
    “我的朋友,你讲这番话,真是诚挚得出奇呢,”老罗杰齐灵温斯对他笑着说。
  26. We will achieve tomorrow splendor with you by the management idea of "heartiness, earnestness, and sincerity"!
    我们将以“诚心、诚恳、诚意”的经营管理理念,携手与您共创明天的辉煌!
  27. This Sunday, your earnestness and warmth will win you respect and affection.
    这个星期天,你的诚挚和热情将获得他人的尊重和喜爱。
  28. Tom Cruise plays Maguire with the earnestness of a man who wants to find greatness and happiness in an occupation where only success really counts.
    Tomcruise演的Maguire是想从工作中找到快乐和成就的人,ReneZellweger扮演了一个相信并非常支持丈夫的女人。
  29. Because we guard mutually of friendship, wear companion earnestness, forever.
    因为我们相守的情谊,将伴着真挚,永远。
  30. The power of the mind's true earnestness has the same sort of potency.
    全神贯注的心怿有着同样的力量。