| 单词 | diligent |
| 释义 | diligent (once / 359 pages) adj Someone who is diligent works hard and carefully. If you want to write the epic history of your family, you'll have to be very diligent in tracking down and interviewing all of your relatives. Diligent comes from the Latin diligere, which means "to value highly, take delight in," but in English it has always meant careful and hard-working. If you're a diligent worker, you don't just bang away at your job; you earnestly try to do everything right. Although being lucky and talented doesn't hurt, it's the diligent person who eventually succeeds. WORD FAMILYdiligent: diligence, diligenter, diligently+/diligence: diligences USAGE EXAMPLES“To me, democracy works best when people are diligent at avoiding even an appearance of interest conflict.” Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) “It also demands a diligent and exhaustive investigation.” New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) In court papers responding to a lawsuit by Fee’s family, the medical center said the nursing home’s care was diligent. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) 1adj quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness a diligent (or patient) worker Syn persevering patient enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance 2adj characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks a diligent detective investigates all clues a diligent search of the files Syn|Ant busy actively or fully engaged or occupied carefulexercising caution or showing care or attention assiduous, sedulousmarked by care and persistent effort hardworking, industrious, tireless, untiringcharacterized by hard work and perseverance negligent characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern inattentiveshowing a lack of attention or care carelessmarked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful delinquent, derelict, neglectful, remissfailing in what duty requires lax, slacklacking in rigor or strictness hit-and-runinvolving a driver of a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accident inattentive, neglectfulnot showing due care or attention |
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