| 释义 |
earnest2/ˈɜ:nist/n. 1 money paid as an instalment, esp. to confirm a contract etc. 定金；保证金(尤指为确认一个合同) 2 a token or foretaste 预示，预兆 in earnest of what is to come 从预兆来看… [Middle English ernes, probably via Old French and medieval Latin from Latin arr(h)a ‘pledge’] |