diligent
英 ['dɪlɪdʒ(ə)nt]
美 ['dɪlɪdʒənt]
- adj. 勤勉的；用功的，費盡心血的
- n. (Diligent)人名；(法)迪利讓
中文詞源
diligent 勤奮的來自diligence, 勤奮。
英文詞源
- diligent
- diligent: [14] The underlying meaning of diligent is ‘loving’. It comes via Old French diligent from the present participial stem of Latin dīligere ‘esteem highly, love’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘apart’ and legere ‘choose’ (source of English elect, neglect, and select), and so originally meant literally ‘single out’. It gradually passed semantically via ‘love’ to ‘attentiveness’, ‘carefulness’, and finally ‘steady effort’.
=> elect, neglect, select - diligent (adj.)
- mid-14c., from Old French diligent (14c.), from Latin diligentem "attentive, assiduous" (see diligence). Related: Diligently.
雙語例句
- 1. He was careful and diligent. I was all over the place.
- 他細心且勤奮，我則稀裏糊塗。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The historical research was impressively diligent.
- 該項曆史研究非常地認真、徹底。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A spotless stove told us that his mother is a diligent housekeeper.
- 爐子清潔無瑕就表明他母親是個勤勞的主婦.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He is the more diligent of the two boys.
- 他是這兩個男孩中較用功的一個.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. She is diligent and keeps herself busy all the time.
- 她真勤快,一會兒也不閑著.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》