diligent是什么意思（diligent的用法）

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一、diligent是什么意思

1、diligent 勤奋的

2、来自diligence, 勤奋。

二、diligent的用法

1、diligent

2、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

3、diligent (adj.)

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

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