diligent, industrious

形容詞 diligent:

1. quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness
   同義詞：persevering
2. characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks

1. In comparison with other students, Mike is more diligent.
   和其他學(xué)生相比，麥克更加勤勉一些。
2. John is more diligent than anyone else in his class.
   約翰比班上其他的同學(xué)用功。
3. He is anything but diligent.
   他一點(diǎn)也不勤奮。
4. He is the most diligent student that I have ever known.
   他是我所知道的最用功的學(xué)生。
5. Promising is a diligent student.
   用功的學(xué)生有前途。
6. She is more diligent than any other students in her class.
   她是班上最用功的學(xué)生。
7. The diligent student gets up before dawn every day.
   這個(gè)勤奮的學(xué)生每天天亮以前就起床了。
8. Their students are diligent about their studies.
   他們的學(xué)生勤奮學(xué)習(xí)。

dil.i.gent

adj.（形容詞）
Marked by persevering, painstaking effort.See Synonyms at busy
勤奮的：是有不屈不撓的、下苦功的特征的參見(jiàn) busy

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin doligôns doligent- [present participle of] doligere [to esteem, love]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) doligôns doligent- [] doligere的現(xiàn)在分詞 [尊重，熱愛(ài)]
do-, dis- [apart] * see dis-
do-, dis- [分開(kāi)] *參見(jiàn) dis-
legere [to choose] * see leg-
legere [選擇] *參見(jiàn) leg-

【引伸】
dil.igently
adv.（副詞）