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单词 assiduous
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Definition of assiduous in English:

assiduous

adjective əˈsɪdjʊəsəˈsɪdʒuəs
  • Showing great care and perseverance.

    she was assiduous in pointing out every feature
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This process was backed up by some assiduous courting of those ‘inferior’ partners even before they formally acceded.
    • The leaders of the tribe began the assiduous task of sending the entire clan under miles of glacial ice, silently hoping to avoid catastrophe.
    • The member is being a very assiduous local member.
    • Great advances were achieved in people's lives simply by the work of an assiduous and committed group of women on a massive scale.
    • After a decade or so of assiduous tweezering, the brow hairs will indeed be discouraged and will not grow back.
    • He was assiduous in checking and double checking dates in parish records and in the various census.
    • Plus, being an assiduous multi-tasker, he had other things he needed to accomplish on this record.
    • He was assiduous in his support for the subject.
    • For the assiduous trekker who throws away the route map you can find a watering hole with rich across-the-pond life.
    • The manager has the right to expect that his workers will be careful and assiduous.
    • Yet the result of this assiduous attention to presentation was that the image became too self-conscious.
    • He has always been an assiduous listener to radio.
    • It is something of a myth that detectives solve crimes by assiduous collection of evidence.
    • Some middle managers are assiduous in protecting their territory.
    • His spin doctors have been so assiduous in building images of him that the real man has remained invisible behind them.
    • The programme is assiduous in emphasising its Celtic credentials.
    • The opposition has been assiduous in considering the issues and developing solutions consistent with the principled position it has taken on the bill.
    • I accept that Larry could have been more assiduous in his search.
    • You can never quite relax, even with the most assiduous efforts at procrastination.
    • The early days of the Orchestra required assiduous fundraising efforts by its supporters, sometimes at considerable cost to themselves.
    Synonyms
    diligent, careful, meticulous, thorough, sedulous, attentive, industrious, laborious, hard-working, conscientious, ultra-careful, punctilious, painstaking, demanding, exacting, persevering, unflagging, searching, close, elaborate, minute, accurate, correct, studious, rigorous, particular
    religious, strict
    pedantic, fussy

Derivatives

  • assiduousness

  • nounəˈsɪdjʊəsnəsəˈsɪdʒuəsnəs
    • Clearly, the assiduousness with which this step should be undertaken will depend on what informs it.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • At this stage, the cult of the goddess was replaced by the cult of St George, who still favoured certain hunters according to their assiduousness in lighting candles, offering sacrifices, and so on.
      • But in one of the more heroic efforts in tennis history, he set about - with characteristic assiduousness and determination - trying to acquire a grass-court game in order to win it.
      • Apparently some famous violinist whose name escapes me wrote to his son (a violist): ‘You must practise with great assiduousness, since you do not wish to remain a violist for the whole of your life.’
      • On the contrary, these qualities are considered signs of assiduousness and punctiliousness.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin assiduus, from assidere 'be engaged in doing' (see assess), + -ous.

Rhymes

deciduous
 
 

Definition of assiduous in US English:

assiduous

adjectiveəˈsɪdʒuəsəˈsijo͞oəs
  • Showing great care and perseverance.

    she was assiduous in pointing out every feature
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was assiduous in checking and double checking dates in parish records and in the various census.
    • The programme is assiduous in emphasising its Celtic credentials.
    • I accept that Larry could have been more assiduous in his search.
    • The leaders of the tribe began the assiduous task of sending the entire clan under miles of glacial ice, silently hoping to avoid catastrophe.
    • Plus, being an assiduous multi-tasker, he had other things he needed to accomplish on this record.
    • You can never quite relax, even with the most assiduous efforts at procrastination.
    • He has always been an assiduous listener to radio.
    • His spin doctors have been so assiduous in building images of him that the real man has remained invisible behind them.
    • The member is being a very assiduous local member.
    • Some middle managers are assiduous in protecting their territory.
    • The opposition has been assiduous in considering the issues and developing solutions consistent with the principled position it has taken on the bill.
    • He was assiduous in his support for the subject.
    • For the assiduous trekker who throws away the route map you can find a watering hole with rich across-the-pond life.
    • The manager has the right to expect that his workers will be careful and assiduous.
    • It is something of a myth that detectives solve crimes by assiduous collection of evidence.
    • The early days of the Orchestra required assiduous fundraising efforts by its supporters, sometimes at considerable cost to themselves.
    • Yet the result of this assiduous attention to presentation was that the image became too self-conscious.
    • This process was backed up by some assiduous courting of those ‘inferior’ partners even before they formally acceded.
    • After a decade or so of assiduous tweezering, the brow hairs will indeed be discouraged and will not grow back.
    • Great advances were achieved in people's lives simply by the work of an assiduous and committed group of women on a massive scale.
    Synonyms
    diligent, careful, meticulous, thorough, sedulous, attentive, industrious, laborious, hard-working, conscientious, ultra-careful, punctilious, painstaking, demanding, exacting, persevering, unflagging, searching, close, elaborate, minute, accurate, correct, studious, rigorous, particular

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin assiduus, from assidere ‘be engaged in doing’ (see assess), + -ous.

 
 
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