ear·nest1 /ˈɜːnɪst $ ˈɜːr-/ ●○○ adjectiveadjSERIOUS/NOT JOKINGvery serious and sincere 非常認真的,真誠的a rather earnest young man 相當認真的一個年輕人
Matthews was in earnest conversation with a young girl. 馬修斯在和一個年輕姑娘認真地談話。
an earnest desire to offer something useful to society 爲社會做貢獻的真誠願望
earnest expression/look/voice etc 認真的表情/神情/聲音等
earnest attempt/effort etc 熱切的嘗試/努力等
► see thesaurus at serious —earnestly adverbadvearnestly discussing politics 認真地討論政治
—earnestness noun [uncountableU]