Diligence

(noun.) conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation.

(noun.) persevering determination to perform a task; 'his diligence won him quick promotions'; 'frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues'.

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• Upon this history, therefore, mechanical and illiberal as it may seem (all fineness and daintiness set aside), the greatest diligence must be bestowed. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• At all events, Miss Ophelia knew of nothing else to do; and, therefore, applied her mind to her heathen with the best diligence she could command. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The native faculties of his mind qualified him to penetrate into every science: and his unremitted diligence left no field of knowledge unexplored. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Have they contributed to encourage the diligence, and to improve the abilities, of the teachers? 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The usual diligence and order of the Counting-house at the Works were overthrown. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• In the case of Lincoln, for example, we find that in his youth he was as distinguishe d by diligence in study as by physical stature and prowess. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• I never saw a busier person than she seemed to be; yet it was difficult to say what she did: or rather, to discover any result of her diligence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• At a bureau, the diligence stopped, and the passengers alighted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• There will not be the smallest occasion for your coming to town again; therefore stay quiet at Longbourn, and depend on my diligence and care. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Also fearing for the worst, we telegraphed for a large number of seats in the diligence for Damascus, and horses for the ruins of Baalbec. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Let us, then, up and be doing, and doing to the purpose; so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• By the by'; he laid down his knife and fork, which he had been using with great diligence, and began feeling in his pockets; 'I have a letter for you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The distribution of these epices, too, is according to the diligence of the judges. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Several different expedients, however, may be fallen upon, which will effectually blunt the edge of all those incitements to diligence. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• At first I had neglected them; but now that I was able to decypher the characters in which they were written, I began to study them with diligence. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Continuing thus, I came at length opposite to the inn at which the various diligences and carriages usually stopped. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.

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