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单词 in good earnest
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in good (alsogreat, etc.) earnest
c. Hence in good (alsogreat, etc.) earnest. Cf. also in sad earnest at sad adj., n., and adv. Phrases 1.
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1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 182 They began in good ernest the deduyte that is vsed in the amerouse lyf.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxv Kyng Edward and his counsaill, tooke the matter in greate earnest, and seriously wrote to Duke Charles, that [etc.].
1570 Mariage Witte & Sci. iv. i. sig. Di But in good earnest Madam, speake of or on.
1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 43 I can with as great ease perswade my self that the blowes which are struck are given in good earnest.
1745 J. Wesley Answer to Rev. Church 15 I am in great Earnest when I declare once more, that I have a deep conviction.
1766 W. Cowper Let. 20 Oct. (1979) I. 153 After Tea we sally forth to walk in good earnest.
1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. vi. 198 It was no feint, but a surprise meditated in good earnest.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 198 Are you in jest or in real earnest?
1926 E.A. Powell In Barbary xi. 191 When the dunes walk in good earnest, as in the core of a real sandstorm, nothing can avert them.
1993 S. Marshall Nest of Magpies (1994) x. 78 To make matters worse, it now began to snow in good earnest.
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