Earnest

(noun.) something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract.

(adj.) characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions; 'both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate'; 'an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant'; 'a film with a solemn social message' .

编辑:桑德拉

• I have no doubt that their leaving was at the earnest solicitation of the War Department. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Her life was ebbing fast, when her friends acceded to her earnest desire to be removed to a more airy situation. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• She's that earnest, says Mr. Bagnet, and true to her colours--that, touch us with a finger--and she turns out--and stands to her arms. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He was very earnest, and earnestness was always rather ridiculous, commonplace, to her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He spoke like a man in earnest--there was no denying that. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He was too much in earnest now to feel any false constraint in speaking his mind. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• She was very earnest to see the corpse. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• A word in earnest is as good as a speech. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Tom seemed to think there was decidedly room for improvement in me, and seemed very earnest that I should be converted. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• But it was not so; I was the same in strength, in earnest craving for sympathy, in my yearning for active exertion. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I think it is rather our way to be in earnest. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I am that much in earnest. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I know this is a confidence, she modestly said, after a little hesitation, and in earnest tears, I know you would say this to no one else. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Adrian and Ryland were still in earnest discussion. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• We redoubled our tenderness and earnest attentions. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

编辑:汤姆