While this conversation was going on, I was listening with earnest attention.

该谈话进行时，我在聚精会神地听。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

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。

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Not taking Heidi in earnest, he hesitated till she put the things on his knees.

他并没有认真对待海蒂，他一直在犹豫，直到她把东西放到他的膝盖上。

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will begin an internal debate on its advertising policies in earnest on Thursday, just more than two months after its refusal of an anti-Muslim ad campaign was ruled to have violated the First Amendment of the Constitution.

WSJ: MTA Ad Policy Faces Overhaul

And now, a new Securities Exchange Commission filing by the China Investment Corporation indicates that the hunt is back on in earnest.

FORBES: China Buying Up U.S. Oil

The drama centers on the earnest C.

NEWYORKER: Men O�� War