earnest adj. 1.热心的;诚挚的,真挚的,认真的。 2.重要的。 n. 热心;认真。 in earnest 诚挚,认真 (Are you in earnest (in what you say)? 你(讲的话)当真吗? It began raining inearnest. 雨真的下大了)。 in good [real, sober, sad, dead] earnest 一本正经地,非常认真地。 adv. -ly ,-ness n. earnest2 n. 1.定钱,保证金。 2.预兆。
The boat had "smelt" the bar in good earnest . 这只船已经的的确确地“觉出”那个沙滩了。
Don't speak above your breath, or i'll choke you in good earnest . 声音不要比出气的声音高,否则我就当真把你掐死。
The crew set to work in good earnest , inspired by the reward to be gained 福克先生许下的奖金对这些能干的水手也起了很大的鼓舞作用。
But in good earnest now , mother dear , what does this scarlet letter mean ? - and why dost thou wear it 不过,现在说真格的,我的好妈妈,这红字是什么意思呢?
A drenching of that violence , he tells me , sans blague , has sent more than one luckless fellow in good earnest posthaste to another world 彼曰,诚然175 ,大雨倾盆,罹难者无一不当即匆匆告别人世。 ”
He began to ask himself if this bet that mr fogg talked about was not really in good earnest , and whether his fate was not in truth forcing him , despite his love of repose , around the world in eighty days 他开始寻思:莫非福克先生打赌是真有其事莫非真的自己的命运注定了不能如愿地吃口安稳饭而偏偏要叫自己去作这个八十天环绕地球的旅行?
He carne to regard his master s project as intended in good earnest , believed in the reality of the bet , and therefore in the tour of the worlds and the necessity of making it without fail within the designated period . already he began to worry about possible delays , and accidents which might happen on the way 这样一来,他也相信是要去环游地球一周而且相信要用极有限的时间完成这次旅行,甚至他居然对可能发生的迟误也担起心来:他担心旅途中会发生事故。
A wild , wicked slip she was - but she had the bonniest eye , the sweetest smile , and lightest foot in the parish ; and , after all , i believe she meant no harm ; for when once she made you cry in good earnest , it seldom happened that she would not keep you company , and oblige you to be quiet that you might comfort her 可是在教区内就数她有双最漂亮的眼睛,最甜蜜的微笑,最轻巧的步子。话说回来,我相信她并没有恶意,因为她一旦把你真惹哭了,就很少不陪着你哭,而且使你不得不静下来再去安慰她。