industriousness 是一个名词,意为"勤勉、勤劳、刻苦",指一个人持续努力工作、不懈怠的品质。
/ɪnˈdʌstriəsnəs/
She was known for her industriousness, always the first to arrive and the last to leave.
她以勤勉著称,总是第一个到、最后一个离开。
His industriousness throughout college not only earned him top grades but also won him the respect of professors who rarely praised students so openly.
他在大学期间的勤奋不仅为他赢得了优异的成绩,还赢得了那些很少公开表扬学生的教授们的尊重。
industriousness 源自形容词 industrious,加上名词后缀 -ness 构成。industrious 来自拉丁语 industria,意为"勤勉、努力"。该词在16世纪进入英语,最初既有"勤劳的"也有"精巧的"之意,后来主要保留了"勤劳"的含义。后缀 -ness 是英语中最常见的名词后缀之一,用于将形容词转化为表示性质或状态的抽象名词。