All this-so easy now to see-was then the subject of prolonged and earnest argument, extending over days and weeks . 所有这些现已显而易见，但是当时却是曾经过长时间激烈辩论的题目。
Tom seemed to think there was decidedly room for improvement in me, and seemed very earnest that i should be converted . 汤姆似乎觉得我身上肯定是有缺点的，所以迫切希望我能皈依上帝。
The autumn twilight gathered in, and from her place isabel could see the rain, which had now begun in earnest . 秋日的暮色正逐渐笼罩下来。伊莎贝尔可以从她坐的地方，望见秋雨正愈下愈猛。
The old man still held the collar of the boy's jacket: he was trembling and his face was earnest and bright and wild . 老头仍然抓着孩子的衣领；他全身颤抖着，满脸发着光，神情急切而粗野。
The eager and earnest young man already experienced hardship turmoil and the rigors of a full-length day of adult work . 这位热心和诚挚的年轻人已经经历了成年人整天从事的艰苦的，繁重的和严峻的工作。
There was something ludicrous as well as painful in the little parisienne's earnest and innate devotion to matters of dress . 这个小巴黎人迫切地，天生地热中于服饰，这中间有一种令人痛苦的东西，也有一种可笑的东西。
That she was doing for an earnest reason what would most naturally be done in jest was at any rate a safe secret . 本来这桩举动，要只是闹着玩的，才最合情理，而她作来，却是为了正经的目的；这种情形本身就至少是秘密的保障。
There was something earnest and inventive in her tone, which at times, in its strained deliberation, suggested a person of high culture speaking a foreign language . 她的发言吐语显得真挚，不流于俗套，在她聚精会神侃侃而谈的时候，使人觉得象是一位具有高度文化修养的人在用外语发表意见。
It was particularly strange, and it was even particularly affecting, to see this crowd of earnest faces, whose honesty in the main no competent observer free from bias could doubt, so agitated by such a leader . 特别奇怪的，甚至特别动人的，就是看到这一群诚实的人会被这么一个领袖所大大鼓动他们的诚实大抵是任何一个没有偏见的、有资格的观察者所不能怀疑的。
