earnest
英 ['??n?st]
- adj. 認真的，熱心的；重要的
- n. 認真；定金；誠摯
- n. (Earnest)人名；(英)歐內斯特
考試真題
- But the word gamification and the widespread, conscious application of the concept only began in earnest about five years ago, Werbach says.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- But the word "gamification" and the widespread, conscious application of the concept only began in earnest about five years ago, Werbach says.
2016年12月四級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
- There men wrote and published extensively, reaching both New World and Old World audiences, and giving New England an atmosphere of intellectual earnestness.
出自-2009年考研閱讀原文