| 单词 | industrious |
| 释义 | industrious (once / 613 pages) adj If someone comments that you are very industrious, they are complimenting you for working hard and tirelessly. You can have the evening to yourself if you're industrious enough during the afternoon to get your homework and chores done. The word industrious is closely related to the word industry, used for both the quality of being hardworking, “He is a model of industry,” as well as a field of business, "the construction industry." It might help to remember the Industrial Revolution, the time when machinery was introduced to the manufacturing world. If you're industrious, you work as hard as machines do! WORD FAMILYindustrious: industriously, industriousness+/industrial: industrialer, industrialise, industrialism, industrialize, industrially, nonindustrial, postindustrial/industrialise: industrialisation, industrialised/industrialism: industrialisms, industrialist/industrialist: industrialists/industrialization: industrializations/industrialize: industrialization, industrialized, industrializes, industrializing/industrialized: unindustrialized/industry: industrial, industries, industrious USAGE EXAMPLESOur B&B in Vinales was a thriving little business for our industrious host family. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) What I mostly noticed were children working, being industrious, trying to find productive ways to live in a miserable environment and to survive. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) In the United States, this will examine the surfeit of athletic, industrious midfielders and defenders, and the absence — Christian Pulisic aside — of creative, imaginative prospects. New York Times(Nov 25, 2016) 1adj characterized by hard work and perseverance Syn hardworking, tireless, untiring diligent characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks 2adj working hard to promote an enterprise Syn energetic, gumptious, up-and-coming enterprising marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects |
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