earnest

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɜː.nɪst/    美 /ˈɝ.nɪst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness. uncountable
    — Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to earnest.
    The New Arcadia
  2. A sum of money paid in advance as a deposit; hence, a pledge, a guarantee, an indication of something to come.
    — Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
  3. Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to joking or pretence) uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To be serious with; use in earnest. transitive
    — Let's prove among ourselves our armes in jest, That when we come to earnest them with men, We may them better use.
  2. second-person singular simple present indicative of earn archaic,form-of,indicative,present,second-person
形容词 adj.
  1. Serious, sincere, ingenuous.
  2. Focused in the pursuit of an objective; honestly eager to obtain or do.
    — earnest prayers
  3. Intent; focused; showing a lot of concentration.
    — earnest attention
  4. Possessing or characterised by seriousness.
    — an earnest disposition
  5. Strenuous; diligent.
    — earnest efforts
  6. Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.

词形变化

earnests present,singular,third-person earnesting participle,present earnested participle,past earnested past earnester comparative more earnest comparative earnestest superlative most earnest superlative earnests plural

词汇关系

衍生词
earnestful in earnest earnestly earnestness earnesty overearnest unearnest

词源

词源 1
From Middle English ernest, eornest, from Old English eornest, eornost, eornust (“earnestness, zeal, seriousness, battle”), from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz (“earnest, strength, solidity, struggle, fight”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *arniz (“efficient, capable, diligent, sure”), from Proto-Indo-European *er- (“to cause to move, arouse, increase”).
Cognate with West Frisian earnst (“earnest, seriousness”), Dutch ernst (“seriousness, gravity, earnest”), German Ernst (“seriousness, earnestness, zeal, vigour”), Icelandic ern (“brisk, vigorous”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌹𐌱𐌰 (arniba, “secure, certain, sure”).
The adjective is from Middle English eornest, from Old English eornoste (“earnest, zealous, serious”), from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian ernste (“earnest”), Middle Low German ernest, ernst (“serious, earnest”), German ernst (“serious, earnest”).
词源 2
Uncertain; apparently related to erres. Compare also arles.
词源 3
Etymology tree
English earn
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Indo-European *-tHós
Proto-Indo-European *-istHos
Proto-Germanic *-istaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ist
Old English -est
Middle English -est
English -est
English earnest
From earn + -est.
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