Just a quick note preface before I start in earnest.

在正式开始前先简单说几句。

He made an earnest attempt to persuade her.

他心想说服她。

My brother is earnest, and he's sweet.

我哥哥热心，人又好。

Irony? my dear, I was perfectly in earnest.

冷嘲热讽？亲爱的，我可是相当认的。

On the third day, the wolf came in earnest.

到了三天，狼的来了。

Then the story began developing in earnest.

然后，作者又把它完善成一个故事。

America's earnest, decentralised political culture does not always appeal to starchy Britons.

美国式的认的、分散的政治化并不总是吸引着拘谨的英国人。

Be earnest in the search of good, and let us speak the best we can.

追求美好的事物，做到款语温言。

Perhaps. Yet, for all his playfulness, Mr Tesson is in earnest.

但在他所有嬉言之下却有着一颗虔诚的心。

If I were, this is the stage when I would prepare in earnest for them.

如果我有必要参加考试，我会在这个阶段认准备考试。

In the US, the debates about maternity leave didn't start in earnest until after WWII.

在美国，关于产假的争论直到二战后才正开始。

Though polls still make her the favourite, the campaign will only now start in earnest.

尽管民调显示她仍然是最受欢迎的，但是战役现在才开始正打响。

Now that Mr Trump has actually lost, the slogan has finally been deployed in earnest.

现在特朗普实际上已经输了，其团队也终于郑重地部署这一口号。

Tech-industry lay-offs got going in earnest in 2022, when almost 165,000 jobs were lost.

科技行业的裁员在2022年开始变得认，当时几乎失去了16.5万个工作岗位。

And it wasn't until the 50s and 60s that that really caught on in earnest.

直到50、60年代，这才正开始流行起来。

The investigations are just beginning in earnest.

调查才刚刚开始严肃起来。

Tongue in cheek? Perhaps. Yet, for all his playfulness, Mr Tesson is in earnest.

华而不实？或许吧。但在他所有嬉言之下却有着一颗虔诚的心。

The crew set to work in good earnest, inspired by the reward to be gained.

唐卡德尔号所以能走得这样好，首先是由于船上所有的海员工作都非常积极。

Seeing that I was in earnest, he took it, and asked, What must I say?

看到我很诚，他拿起了木板，问道，“我要说些什么呢？”

Wozniak, in his earnest and sweet way, found it fun.

诚又亲切的沃兹尼亚克，觉得这一切十分有趣。