单词 | industrious |
释义 | industrious —industriously, adv. —industriousness, n. /in dus"tree euhs/, adj. 1. working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person. 2. Obs. skillful. [1525-35; < L industrius diligent, assiduous, OL indostruus, perh. equiv. to indo-, by-form of in- IN2 + -struus, n. deriv. of struere to arrange, devise, hence with presumed original sense "devising inwardly, secretly"] Syn. 1. assiduous, sedulous, energetic. See busy. Ant. 1. lazy, indolent. |
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