流逝汉英词典

earnest

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 ['ɜːnɪstˈɜ:nɪst]
  • 美式音标 [ˈɝː.nɪst]
  • 国际音标 ['ə:nist]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • 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

词源解说

  • 直接源自古英语的eornost，意为热切的。

词根记忆

  • earn(挣钱) + est→要想挣钱就得认真干→认真的
  • 要想挣钱(earn)就得认真(earnest)干

同根派生

  • adv性质的同根词
    earnestly：认真地；诚挚地。
  • n性质的同根词
    earnestness：认真；诚挚；正经。

英汉例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)

    用作定语: ～+ n.

  • We made an earnest endeavor to persuade her.
    我们郑重其事地努力说服她。

    • 用作表语: S+be+～

  • Life is real and earnest.
    人生是真实的、认真的。

    • S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

  • He is earnest about his studies.
    他热心于他的研究。

词组短语

    用作形容词 (adj.)

    ～+名词

  • earnest student 认真的学生
  • earnest wish 诚挚的愿望

    • ～+介词

  • earnest about 认真对待…
  • earnest for 热切盼望…

    • 短语

  • Earnest Brunner 及艾奈斯宾纳
  • earnest advice 正言;忠直之话;诚挚的劝告
  • Earnest work 敬业的精神

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • serious and determined, especially too serious and unable to find your own actions funny

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If something is done or happens in earnest, it happens to a much greater extent and more seriously than before.
  • Earnest people are very serious and sincere in what they say or do, because they think that their actions and beliefs are important.
  • a part or portion of something given in advance as a guarantee of the remainder

专业释义

    经济学

  • 保证金

    Have studied peasant’s security mechanism of peasant workers salary from two aspect of microcosmic and macroscopic, to set up the Payment earnest money system, implement the credit file systems of enterprises, enforce the management on contract.
    4、从微观和宏观两个层面系统研究了建立农民工工资的保障机制，建立农民工工资支付保证金制度，实行企业的信用档案制度，严格合同管理。

  • 定金

    • 法学

  • 定金

    The pre-sale of commodity house refers to the act that the real estate development enterprises sell the houses under construction to purchasers and the purchasers pay the earnest money or the prices of the houses.
    商品房预售是指房地产开发企业将正在建设中的商品房预先出售给买受人，并由买受人支付定金或者房价款的行为。

    历史学

  • 定金

    Song Dynasty presented the earnest money guarantee from this, by the grain, the tea, the fruit tree, the flowers and plants and so on product definite future incomes will carry on the mortgage to take the debt the guarantee.
    宋代由此出现了定金担保,以粮食、茶叶、果木、花卉等产品确定的未来的收益进行抵押作为债务的担保。

    能源科学技术

  • 认真的