earnest meaning in English
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.
短语和例子
n.
1.定钱，保证金。
2.预兆。
Examples
- A word in earnest is as good as a speech .
话不必多说，有诚意就行。 - I do not banter you, i am in earnest .
我没有同你开玩笑，我是认真的。 - He looked very earnest and strenuous .
他那种神气非常认真，而且卖气。 - The words were earnest but they fell on deaf ears .
言者谆谆，听者藐藐。 - Perhaps neither party was in earnest .
看来双方都不是真心诚意。