earnest

• He is deaf to your earnest advice .
  他听不进你的忠言。
• Are you in earnest in what you say ?
  你讲的话当真吗？
• He is an earnest christian .
  他是一个虔诚的基督教徒。
• The boat had "smelt" the bar in good earnest .
  这只船已经的的确确地“觉出”那个沙滩了。
• It began raining in earnest .
  雨真的下大了。
• I am in deadly earnest .
  我是非常认真的。
• He sat by the corpse all night, weeping in bitter earnest .
  他整夜坐在尸体旁边，真挚地苦苦悲泣。
• You cannot be always sure whether he is in jest or earnest .
  你总是闹不清他究竟是开玩笑呢还是认真。
• So earnest an effort was well deserving of a better reward .
  这么的尽心竭力，照理应该得到较好的结果。
• Why, sir, i don't think he can be in earnest when he says that .
  怎么，先生，我不认为他说这话是当真的。