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单词 industrious
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Definition of industrious in English:

industrious

adjective ɪnˈdʌstrɪəsɪnˈdəstriəs
  • Diligent and hard-working.

    勤勉刻苦的,勤劳的

    an industrious people striving to make their country prosperous
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A very active and industrious lady, she owned the flower gardens at Ballybrophy until she retired.
    • They were exemplars of the same industrious values as their subjects.
    • From the endless rows of hand tools to the overalls and safety goggles, the atmosphere is industrious to say the least.
    • A hard working industrious lady, she was respected member of the Community.
    • A very hard working and industrious farmer, he was an excellent family man and a member of an old and respected family.
    • I've attached a picture that one of our industrious computer experts put together.
    • She was a very hard working industrious lady and she loved to chat about old times.
    • Yes, beavers are industrious rodents whose dams help our river systems.
    • We make the busy bee look like a lazy creature, and the industrious ant, a sluggard.
    • They are industrious people who believe in strong families, self-discipline and orderly lifestyles.
    • A very hard working and industrious man, he was held in very high esteem.
    • He inherited a great love of the land and livestock and was a most industrious and hard-working gentleman.
    • He again underlined what a player he could be with another industrious performance on the right hand side of midfield.
    • With it comes an economy that mainly stands on consumption rather than on the industrious craft of production.
    • A member of a respected family she was a hard working industrious lady.
    • The plantation was a considerable success, the settlers proving industrious and determined.
    • His layered photographs condense the evidence of man and its industrious production.
    • Your industrious and methodical nature will gain you respect in the workplace.
    • Anyway, he is very industrious and energetic in his sweeping.
    • He struck me as being particularly hardworking, energetic and industrious.
    Synonyms
    hard-working, diligent, assiduous, sedulous, conscientious, steady, painstaking, persistent, persevering, pertinacious, unflagging, untiring, tireless, indefatigable, studious
    busy, busy as a bee, active, bustling, energetic, on the go, vigorous, determined, dynamic, driven, zealous, productive
    with one's shoulder to the wheel, with one's nose to the grindstone
    archaic laborious

Derivatives

  • industriously

  • adverb ɪnˈdʌstrɪəsli
    • Upon this platform a small pack of roadies work industriously, hurrying back and forth with effects pedals and bottles of water.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But seriously, let us highlight the efforts of those who industriously earn the moolah, which buys them that great pair of shoes that they absolutely must-have.
      • There were few fluent passages of play and only sporadic excitement in a game where the players worked industriously for a point apiece.
      • They spent hours copying things out of books and don't know how to learn industriously on their own.
      • With both defences working industriously they succeeded in minimising scoring chances during the first half exchanges.
  • industriousness

  • noun ɪnˈdʌstrɪəsnəs
    • They greatly impress me with their intellectual and behavior-analytic skills and their consistent industriousness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This image of industriousness - echoed in various forms on walls throughout the village - also underscores indigenous agency.
      • Behaviour can be shaped, as evidenced by the industriousness of the Japanese.
      • This gap is not due to a difference in industriousness or talent.
      • Your industriousness and economic nature will bear fruit.
      • No special point this evening, other than I'm thinking that the way to creative industriousness in my leisure hours may well be through being leisurely more generally.
      • Social mobility, or at least the hope for it, creates industriousness, sacrifice, and personal financial savings.

Origin

Late 15th century (in the sense 'skilful, clever, ingenious'): from French industrieux or late Latin industriosus, from Latin industria 'diligence'.

Rhymes

illustrious

Definition of industrious in US English:

industrious

adjectiveinˈdəstrēəsɪnˈdəstriəs
  • Diligent and hard-working.

    勤勉刻苦的,勤劳的

    an industrious people striving to make their country prosperous
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was a very hard working industrious lady and she loved to chat about old times.
    • Your industrious and methodical nature will gain you respect in the workplace.
    • A member of a respected family she was a hard working industrious lady.
    • From the endless rows of hand tools to the overalls and safety goggles, the atmosphere is industrious to say the least.
    • A hard working industrious lady, she was respected member of the Community.
    • A very active and industrious lady, she owned the flower gardens at Ballybrophy until she retired.
    • Yes, beavers are industrious rodents whose dams help our river systems.
    • The plantation was a considerable success, the settlers proving industrious and determined.
    • We make the busy bee look like a lazy creature, and the industrious ant, a sluggard.
    • A very hard working and industrious farmer, he was an excellent family man and a member of an old and respected family.
    • I've attached a picture that one of our industrious computer experts put together.
    • They were exemplars of the same industrious values as their subjects.
    • He struck me as being particularly hardworking, energetic and industrious.
    • He again underlined what a player he could be with another industrious performance on the right hand side of midfield.
    • A very hard working and industrious man, he was held in very high esteem.
    • Anyway, he is very industrious and energetic in his sweeping.
    • His layered photographs condense the evidence of man and its industrious production.
    • He inherited a great love of the land and livestock and was a most industrious and hard-working gentleman.
    • They are industrious people who believe in strong families, self-discipline and orderly lifestyles.
    • With it comes an economy that mainly stands on consumption rather than on the industrious craft of production.
    Synonyms
    hard-working, diligent, assiduous, sedulous, conscientious, steady, painstaking, persistent, persevering, pertinacious, unflagging, untiring, tireless, indefatigable, studious

Origin

Late 15th century (in the sense ‘skillful, clever, ingenious’): from French industrieux or late Latin industriosus, from Latin industria ‘diligence’.

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