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earnestly

/ur-nist-lee/US // ˈɜr nɪst li //

恳切地,恳切地说,恳切,恳切的说

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : with deep and sincere feeling; seriously: After earnestly delivering a sermon on helping the poor, the pastor was gratified to see the record number of donations to the shelter.

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Examples

  • She spoke earnestly and openly about her struggles with royal life and her fractured marriage to a man who she suggested wasn’t fit to be king.

  • Then, as he dutifully, yet earnestly, always does, Drew comes back to a positive place: the message.

  • Nor will they reach any satisfying conclusions about life itself no matter how earnestly they pursue them.

  • So even the most ridiculous lines have to be said earnestly.

  • Never have so many earnestly disagreed so much so quickly about so few words in the text of a document so old.

  • Reverend Graham drew the meeting to a close by earnestly thanking the president for making the trip up the mountain.

  • The Alcalde was kneeling by his side, gazing sadly and earnestly into the face of the dying man.

  • Murat, who had earnestly begged to be allowed to share the Austrian campaign of 1809, was delighted to serve in person.

  • I hope that you never will grow up, said Tessa, earnestly, every thing is just as bad as you can dream.

  • He threw the Matin on the grass, and, doubling himself up in his chair regarded her earnestly.

  • A womans heart is not made of grains of sand to be blown hither and thither by a mans breath, she said very earnestly.