assiduous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /əˈsɪdjuːəs/|/əˈsɪd͡ʒuːəs/    美 /əˈsɪd͡ʒu.əs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.
    — He was officious in the right time and place, quiet as a lamb when his patron seemed inclined to study or to muse, active and assiduous to assist or divert him whenever it seemed to be wished.

词形变化

more assiduous comparative most assiduous superlative

词源

A learned borrowing from Latin assiduus, from assidere (“to sit down to”), from ad- (“to”) + sedere (“to sit”). Compare sedulous.
Cognate (via assidere) to assess.
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