1·If I have to take exams, this is the stage when I would prepare in earnest for them.
如果我有必要参加考试，这个阶段是我会认真准备考试的时候。
2·In 1918 the Radium Institute, whose staff Irène had joined, began to operate in earnest, and became a centre for nuclear physics and chemistry.
1918年，员工艾琳加入的镭研究所开始认真运作，并成为核物理和化学中心。
3·I could tell she spoke in earnest.
我看得出她是郑重其事地说的。
—— 《牛津词典》
4·Campaigning will begin in earnest tomorrow.
活动明天正式开始。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·The race for the White House begins in earnest today.
为入主白宫而展开的竞选今天正式开始。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
6·The work on the house will begin in earnest on Monday.
这栋房子的修建工作将在星期一正式开始。
—— 《牛津词典》
7·He enjoyed his moments of solitude before the pressures of the day began in earnest.
他很喜欢一天的压力真正开始前的独处时刻。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
8·Be in earnest, and you will soon learn it.
认真一点，你很快就会学会的。
9·"Then I will try again," said George, in a decided tone; and, flinging aside his half-made kite, he turned and re-entered the house, and was soon bending in earnest attention over his lesson.
“那我再试一次。”乔治坚定地说；把他的半成品风筝扔到一边，再次转身进了屋，很快弯下腰来认真做功课了。
10·They were all too much in earnest.
他们都太认真了。