earnest

• He lay on his stomach, making an earnest business of sleeping .
  他这会儿趴在床上，看样子好象睡得正熟呢。
• Are you in earnest ?
  你当真吗？
• "well!" muttered quilp, as he marked her earnest look .
  “好！”奎尔普看到了她那诚恳的表情，嘟嘟囔囔地说。
• His words , though quite brief , are earnest enough to prompt one to deep thought .
  可是语重心长，发人深思。
• Don't speak above your breath, or i'll choke you in good earnest .
  声音不要比出气的声音高，否则我就当真把你掐死。
• His dominant trait was to take all things into earnest consideration .
  他性格中最主要的特点是对一切事物都要进行认真思考。
• At that earnest appeal he turned to her, looking absolutely desperate .
  听了那真挚的乞求，他转身向她，神色是完全不顾一切了。
• Her earnest wish was to see things as they were, and not to be romantic .
  她真诚的希望就是实事求是地观察事物，并且不想入非非。
• He could not divine what her look signified, whether she spoke in earnest or in jest .
  他看不透她脸上的表情，究竟她说的是认真的还是戏谑的。
• Harriet had no scruples which could stand many minutes against the earnest pressing of both the others .
  哈里特即使不愿意，也难却两人的盛意。