assiduity 的詞源

"勤奮"，15世紀初，源自拉丁語 assiduitatem（主格 assiduitas）"持續存在"，是 assiduus（見 assiduous）的質量名詞。

Industry keeps at work, leaving no time idle. Assiduity (literally, a sitting down to work) sticks quietly to a particular task, with the determination to succeed in spite of its difficulty, or to get it done in spite of its length. Application, literally, bends itself to its work, and is, more specifically than assiduity, a steady concentration of one's powers of body and mind .... [Century Dictionary]

Industry 不停地工作，不留下任何空閒時間。Assiduity（字面意思是坐下工作）靜靜地堅持特定的任務，決心克服困難或完成漫長的任務。Application，字面意思是彎曲自己的工作，比 assiduity 更具體地是身心力量的穩定集中....[世紀詞典]