词汇精选：earnest的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

adj.

认真的，热心的，诚挚的，真挚的

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Ella was a pious, earnest woman.

埃拉是个虔诚、认真的女人。

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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。

重要的

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Life is real, life is earnest.

人生是真实的，人生是重要的。

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In life's earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail.

生活中最重要的战役需要不断前进永不放弃才会取胜。

n.

认真，热心，诚挚

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I'm in deadly earnest.

我是非常认真的。

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He is going about his work in earnest.

他在认真地做工作。

定金，保证金

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Can you pay some earnest first?

你能不能交一些定金呢？

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He has paid earnest on a house.

他已经为购房付了定金。

二、词义辨析：

earnest,serious,grave,severe,solemn,sober

这些形容词均有“严肃的”之意。earnest指严肃，认真，含诚恳和热情意味。serious指具有关键、严肃或严重意义的事情。grave侧重严肃和尊严，需要认真思考，含令人担忧意味。severe指面孔的严肃，法律的严厉，伤病的严重。着重严厉性，无丝毫温情。solemn指人表情或场景气氛严肃，侧重威严名印象深刻。sober侧重因控制或抑制自己的感情而表现出的庄重。

三、相关短语：

earnest money

n. 定金

in earnest

adv. 认真地，诚挚地，郑重地

四、参考例句：

an earnest Christian

虔诚的基督徒

Ella was a pious, earnest woman.

埃拉是个虔诚、认真的女人。

Mrs. White is earnest about community work.

怀特太太对社区工作十分热心。

Can you pay some earnest first?

你能不能交一些定金呢？

Perhaps neither party was in earnest.

看来双方都不是真心诚意。

He has paid earnest on a house.

他已经为购房付了定金。

Life is illusionless! Life is earnest!

生命不是虚幻的！生活是严肃的！

Are you teasing or in earnest?

你是开玩笑还是当真？

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。

Her teacher likes her for she is an earnest student.

她的老师喜欢她，因为她是个非常认真的学生。