英和辞典 e 37 earnest [](形)(名)(形)(名) (more ~; most ~) まじめな,真剣な,熱心な;くそまじめな;重大な He is an earnest man 彼はまじめな男だ She is very earnest about her studies 彼女は熱心に研究に取り組んでいる an earnest problem affecting the existence of human beings 人類の存続にかかわる重大な問題. in earnest [1]まじめに[な],本気で[の],ひたむきに[な] When she talked about the project, she was in (dead ) earnest その計画について話すときの彼女は真剣そのものだった. [2]本格的に[の],本式に[の] It began to snow in earnest 雪が本降りになってきた. (派生)~ly(副)~ness(名) 東京書籍「英和辞典」JLogosID : 702335450