earnest
adj
(too) serious; determined; not light-hearted (太)认真的; 坚决的; 不掉以轻心的
a terribly earnest young man 认真得不得了的年轻人. earnest, n (idm 习语) in (dead/deadly/real) `earnest
(a) with determination and energy 有决心和精力
It's beginning to snow in earnest, ie heavily. 雪真的下起来了(下大了).
(b) serious(ly); not joking(ly) 认真(地); 并非开玩笑(地)
When she threatened to report us, she was in dead earnest. 她威胁说要告发我们, 她可是郑重其事说的.
earnest n [sing]
1 sum of money paid as an instalment or a deposit to show that full payment will be made later 定金; 保证金.
2 thing meant as a sign or promise of what will follow 预示; 承诺; 保证
As an earnest of my good intentions I will work overtime this week. 我愿本周加班工作以示诚意.
The Native Americans caught and trained them and were then able to use them to carry their goods when they travelled from one camping ground to another.
美洲土著人捕捉野马,加以驯服。
Or possibly I should have gone to the manager and told him who was stealing meat.
或者我早该去找经理,告诉他谁在偷肉。
Professors from the university in Paris would be coming down by train.