assiduous

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as·sid·u·ous /əˈsɪdjuəs $ -dʒuəs/ adjectiveadj formal

CAREFULvery careful to make sure that something is done properly or completely 一丝不苟的，小心翼翼的 SYN meticulous

assiduous in

He was assiduous in his attendance at church.

他坚持不懈地去教堂做礼拜。

—assiduously adverbadv

Even young children worked assiduously for a reward.

即便幼童也在为了获得奖励而认真努力。

—assiduity /ˌæsəˈdjuːəti $ -ˈduː-/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

assiduous• Such assiduous attention has never been directed at this market before.• Members of congress increasingly came to believe that they could insulate themselves against electoral defeat by assiduous attention to constituency casework.• But even in the midst of these minefields, assiduous efforts have been made to fashion a safe passageway.• Each patient had three or four attendants that night devoted to providing him or her the most assiduous service.• Maybe I was too young because I fear I was not an assiduous student.• an assiduous study of Austen's writings

Origin assiduous

(1500-1600) Latin asiduus, from assidere; → ASSESS

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