Just a quick note preface before I start in earnest.

在正式开始前先简单说几句。

2 I think I got serious about this only recently when I ran into one of my former students, fresh from an excursion to Europe. " How was it" ? I asked, full of earnest anticipation.

觉得是在最以前的一位学生时，才开始对这个问题认真起来的。这个学生刚从欧洲旅游回来。满怀着诚挚期待问她：" 欧洲之行如何？"

He made an earnest attempt to persuade her.

他真心想说服她。

My brother is earnest, and he's sweet.

哥哥热心，人又好。

Irony? my dear, I was perfectly in earnest.

冷嘲热讽？亲爱的，可是相当认真的。

On the third day, the wolf came in earnest.

到了第三天，狼真的来了。

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

美国式的认真的、分散的政治文化并不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。

Negotiations should start in earnest as soon as possible, probably in Geneva, with a view to agreeing on a ceasefire, a transitional government and an internationally overseen election.

谈判多半会在日内瓦举行，各方应该尽可能坦诚相见，达成一致以促成停战，建立过渡政府并在国际监督下进行选举。

We are still on a journey that began in earnest with President Conant to draw from a deeper pool of talent and provide our institution with the excellence it deserves and our diverse society with the leaders it needs and expects.

们仍在从Conan校长开始的征途上认真汲取更多的人才，为们的学校提供其应有的卓越品质，为们的多元化社会提供满足需求和期望的领导者。

So we started looking in earnest at all of our sites around the city and it's - - it's true for just about everywhere we have oysters.

所以们开始认真地寻找们在城市周围的所有地点，这是-- 这是真的，几乎所有地方们都有牡蛎。

It's going to take us all a little bit of working together and making an earnest effort to help keep our planet healthy and beautiful.

这将需要们大家一同携手，作出真诚的努力，保持地球的健康和美丽。

After the onset of the Age of Exploration, which included the discovery of the Americas, as well as travel to other distant places, the study of non-Western people began in earnest.

在探险时代开始之后，包括发现美洲大陆以及前往其他遥远地区的旅行，对非西方人民的研究才真正开始。

Ah yes, we should just say that the name Ernest was very common at the time, and the adjective 'earnest' – which sounds exactly the same - means, well, honest and serious.

啊没错，们可以说欧内斯特这个名字在当时很流行，而这个听起来一模一样的形容词“欧内斯特”的意思也是诚实和严谨。

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

如果有必要参加考试，会在这个阶段认真准备考试。

Can I pay only earnest money, because I don't have enough money now?

因为现在没有带够钱，可以只付定金吗？

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真正开始。

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年开始变得认真，当时几乎失去了16.5万个工作岗位。