| 单词 | in seriousness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin seriousness P1. in seriousness: with earnest intent or purpose. ΚΠ 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie In Lectores sig. B2v Where I but striue in honest seriousnes, To scourge some soule-poluting beastlines. 1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater i. iii. sig. B2 Sister, in seriousnesse you yet are young And faire. 1765 J. Witherspoon Ess. Important Subj. III. iii. 262 Answer this question in seriousness, Whether do you belong to the one class or the other? 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. ii. 98 Nay, in seriousness, let no man say that Calonne had not genius. 1928 Amer. Mercury Oct. p. xiv/1 (advt.) Who thought more and better than his entire century..played, even in seriousness, the immense buffoon—and died a-clowning! 2011 N.Y. Times 27 Nov. (Travel section) 4 That last one turned out to be a joke, I learned later, but it was repeated several times seemingly in seriousness. < as lemmas |
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