earnestness

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɜːnɪstnəs/    美 /ˈɝnɪstnəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness. countable,uncountable
    — 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ She’s joined, on the boys’ side, by Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), a baker’s son whose earnestness masks a gift for strategy that Katniss lacks.

词形变化

earnestnesses plural

词源

Etymology tree
English earnest
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English earnestness
From earnest + -ness.
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