Irony? my dear, I was perfectly in earnest.

冷嘲热讽？亲爱的，我可是相认真的。

Just a quick note preface before I start in earnest.

在正式开始前先简单说句。

Then the story began developing in earnest.

然后，作者又把它完善成个故事。

On the third day, the wolf came in earnest.

到了第三天，狼真的来了。

Biden recently began campaigning in earnest.

拜登最近开始认真地进行竞选。

The investigations are just beginning in earnest.

调查才刚刚开始严肃起来。

Perhaps. Yet, for all his playfulness, Mr Tesson is in earnest.

但在他所有嬉言之下却有着颗虔诚的心。

After 18, we begin Pulling Up Roots in earnest.

18岁以后，我们开始真正地脱离家庭。

If he has, the work to rebuild him can begin in earnest.

如果是的话，重新塑造他的工作就真可以开始了。

Tech-industry lay-offs got going in earnest in 2022, when almost 165,000 jobs were lost.

科技行业的裁员在2022年开始变得认真，乎失去了16.5万个工作岗位。

Tongue in cheek? Perhaps. Yet, for all his playfulness, Mr Tesson is in earnest.

华而不实？或许吧。但在他所有嬉言之下却有着颗虔诚的心。

Narcissa began to cry in earnest, gazing beseechingly all the while at Snape.

纳西莎伤心地哭了起来，乞求地盯着斯内普。

If I were, this is the stage when I would prepare in earnest for them.

如果我有必要参加考试，我会在这个阶段认真准备考试。

Though polls still make her the favourite, the campaign will only now start in earnest.

尽管民调显示她仍然是最受欢迎的，但是战役现在才开始真正打响。

When three or four weeks had been passed thus, Yeobright resumed his reading in earnest.

三四个星期就这样过去后，约布赖特又继续认真看起书来。

In the US, the debates about maternity leave didn't start in earnest until after WWII.

在美国，关于产假的争论直到二战后才真正开始。

Now that Mr Trump has actually lost, the slogan has finally been deployed in earnest.

现在特朗普实际上已经输了，其团队也终于郑重地部署这口号。

And it wasn't until the 50s and 60s that that really caught on in earnest.

直到50、60年代，这才真正开始流行起来。

Seeing that I was in earnest, he took it, and asked, What must I say?

看到我很真诚，他拿起了木板，问道，“我要说些什么呢？”

Our faithful friend is now three months old and her guide dog training is starting in earnest.

我们忠实的小朋友现在已经三个月大了，她正在认真地接受导盲犬训练课程。