| 例句 | industriousadjective involved in often constant activityan industrious worker who never seems to sleep active, assiduous, bustling, busy, diligent, employed, engaged, hopping, laborious, occupied, sedulous, tied-up, working knee-deep, swampedanimated, astir, buzzing, flourishing, happening, humming, lively, thriving, vibrantabsorbed, concentrating, engrossed, focused(also focussed), immersed, intent, preoccupiedalive, functional, functioning, going, living, operating, operational, operative, runningenergetic, vigoroushardworkingindefatigable, tireless, untiring idle, inactive, unbusy, unemployed, unoccupied freeasleep, dormant, latent, lifeless, quiescent, sleepyinert, passivedead, dull, slowinoperative, nonoperatingbusy, industrious, diligent, assiduous, sedulous mean actively engaged or occupied.busy chiefly stresses activity as opposed to idleness or leisure.too busy to spend time with the childrenindustrious implies characteristic or habitual devotion to work. industrious employeesdiligent suggests earnest application to some specific object or pursuit. very diligent in her pursuit of a degreeassiduous stresses careful and unremitting application. assiduous practicesedulous implies painstaking and persevering application. a sedulous investigation of the murder in the 15th century |