• adj. 勤勉的；用功的，費盡心血的
• n. (Diligent)人名；(法)迪利讓

來自diligence, 勤奮。

diligent

diligent: [14] The underlying meaning of diligent is ‘loving’. It comes via Old French diligent from the present participial stem of Latin dīligere ‘esteem highly, love’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis- ‘apart’ and legere ‘choose’ (source of English elect, neglect, and select), and so originally meant literally ‘single out’. It gradually passed semantically via ‘love’ to ‘attentiveness’, ‘carefulness’, and finally ‘steady effort’.
=> elect, neglect, select

diligent (adj.)

mid-14c., from Old French diligent (14c.), from Latin diligentem "attentive, assiduous" (see diligence). Related: Diligently.

1. He was careful and diligent. I was all over the place.

他細心且勤奮，我則稀里糊涂。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The historical research was impressively diligent.

該項歷史研究非常地認真、徹底。

來自柯林斯例句

3. A spotless stove told us that his mother is a diligent housekeeper.

爐子清潔無瑕就表明他母親是個勤勞的主婦.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. He is the more diligent of the two boys.

他是這兩個男孩中較用功的一個.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. She is diligent and keeps herself busy all the time.

她真勤快,一會兒也不閑著.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》