| 单词 | earnestness |
| 释义 | earnestness (once / 633 pages) n Earnestness is a quality of sincere interest, belief, or opinion. The earnestness with which you recite your favorite poem might make your English class stop whispering and really listen. Your favorite history teacher's earnestness can be seen in the serious, intense way he talks about the Civil War or Prohibition. Little kids often approach the world with an earnestness that's reflected in their amazement and wonder at seemingly ordinary things, like fireflies or simple magic tricks. Earnestness comes from the adjective earnest, "showing sincere conviction," which has an Old English root, eornoste, "zealous." WORD FAMILYearnestness: earnestnesses, earnestnesss+/earnest: earnester, earnestest, earnestly, earnestness, earnests USAGE EXAMPLESBut what’s most striking about the movie is its earnestness. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) Newcomer Lewis MacDougall brings heartbreaking earnestness to Conor, whom the monster describes as “too old to be a kid, too young to be a man.” Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) As is the case with most former Spanish colonies, the country is thoroughly Catholic, and celebrates the holiday with an endearing earnestness. Time(Dec 15, 2016) 1n the trait of being serious Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper serious-mindedness, seriousness, sincerity frivolity, frivolousness the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible commitment, committedness the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombrenessa manner that is serious and solemn sedateness, solemness, solemnity, staidnessa trait of dignified seriousness investmentthe commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result stodginess, stuffinessdull and pompous gravity trait a distinguishing feature of your personal nature 2n an earnest and sincere feeling Syn|Hyper seriousness, sincerity gravity, solemnity a solemn and dignified feeling |
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