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earnestn.
1.small payment as an instalment to secure a bargain.initial advance payment,pledge money定钱，预付金，保证金。
△Lr.1.4.103 (93):“Now,my friendly knave,I thank thee. There’s earnest of thy service.”喂，我的好仆人，谢谢你。这是留你侍候我的定钱。
△Ado.2.1.42(40):“take sixpence in earnest”. 接受六便士的预酬金。
△H.V.2.2.168:“Joined with an enemy proclaimed.and from his coffers / Received the golden earnest ofour death；”与国家的公开敌人串通一起，从他的钱库里接受预付定金，置我于死。
△H.V.5.1.67 (63): “I take thygroat in earnest of revenge ”我接受你这四便士，当做报仇的定钱。
△1H. VI.5.3.15: “I’ll lop a member off andgive it you / In earnest of a further benefit，”我愿砍下一条胳膊给你们，作为将来更大酬谢的保证金。
2. pledge,proof,promise保证，证据，允诺。
△Mac.1.3.104: “And for an earnest of a greater honour,╱ Hebade me,from him,call thee Thane of Cawdor；” 并且，做为更大的尊荣的保证，国王嘱咐我先称你为考道伯爵。
△Mac.1.3. 131:“If ill,/Why hath it given me ear-nest of success,/ Commencing in a truth?” i.e. Thewitches’ words cannot be bad,because they have giv-en me a pledge of success by beginning with some-thing that has actually become true. 如果出于恶(又译：恶意，凶兆)，为什么它给我的成功保证，一开始就应验了呢？
earnesta.
1. ardent,eager,violent 强烈的，热切的，激烈的。
△2H. VI.3.2. 316: “My tongue should stumble inmine earnest words，”我的舌头会因为我的言词激烈而结结巴巴。
2. serious,sincere,(quibbling on) money paid in ad-vance as a pledge,pledge认真的，诚挚的，（双关）定金，保证。
△Gent.2.1.164 (156):“but did you perceive herearnest ?”不过难道你没有看出她是诚意的吗？ (又可理解为：难道你没有看出她（对爱情）的保证吗？——下文凡伦丁即按此理解回答。) earnest[ˈə:nist]adj. 认真的，严肃的，重要的n. 认真，保证金，定金
◇ in earnest 认真地
in real earnest 认真地
in sad earnest 一本正经地，十分严肃的
make an earnest request for 迫切需要…
‖ earnest money 定金
earnestly adv./ earnesthess n./ earnest-money n. 保证金/ |