studious

studious — adjective

1. Someone who is studious enjoys learning, reads often, and puts significant effor

1.形容詞B1
釋義

Someone who is studious enjoys learning, reads often, and puts significant effort into their academic work.

例句

Eli has always been a studious child, spending his free time with books.

predicative use: be + studious

The studious atmosphere of the library helped Ada focus on her research.

attributive use before noun

同義詞
  • diligent

    focuses more on steady, careful effort than on a love of learning

  • academic

    suggests a formal school or university context; can sound impersonal

  • bookish

    sometimes suggests someone who reads too much and lacks social skills; slightly informal and often negative

反義詞
  • lazy

    unwilling to put in effort

  • idle

    avoiding work; not active

文法句型

studious + noun (attributive)

be/look/seem + studious (predicative)

常見錯誤

❌She is very studious person.
✅She is a very studious person.
💡'studious' is an adjective that needs a determiner before a singular countable noun.
❌He studious reads every day.
✅He is studious and reads every day.
💡'studious' is an adjective, not an adverb; use 'studiously' for adverbial use.

2. Done with thorough attention and effort, making sure no detail is missed or over

2.形容詞B2
釋義

Done with thorough attention and effort, making sure no detail is missed or overlooked.

例句

The architect made a studious effort to preserve the building's original design.

collocation: studious effort

Salma wrote a studious report on water pollution, with detailed charts and data.

attributive use before a noun describing a product of careful work

同義詞
  • thorough

    emphasises completeness; more common in everyday speech

  • meticulous

    even stronger attention to tiny details; slightly more formal

  • careful

    general-purpose word; less formal and less intense than 'studious'

反義詞

文法句型

studious + noun (effort/attempt/review/care)

用法筆記

Commonly used before nouns describing deliberate mental actions (effort, attempt, review, care, examination). Unlike sense 1, this sense never describes a person directly — only the manner of an action.

常見錯誤

❌He is very studious with his work.' (ambiguous between sense 1 and sense 2)
✅He gave the task a studious examination.
💡use this sense attributively before a noun, not predicatively.