| earnest1 | adj 1. zealous, tekun: an ~ student, pelajar yg tekun; an ~ worker, pekerja yg tekun; 2. serious, sungguh-sungguh; (of person) bersikap serius: ~ desire, kehidupan yg sungguh-sungguh; an ~ attempt, percubaan yg sungguh-sungguh; 3. sincerely expressed, sungguh-sungguh; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| assiduous | adj 1. diligent, persevering, tekun, rajin: an ~ student, pelajar yg tekun; 2. undertaken with careful attention, teliti: ~ editing, pengeditan yg teliti. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| diligent | adj rajin, tekun; (of research etc) teliti: he is ~ but lacks ideas, dia rajin tetapi tdk mempunyai idea. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| buckle | ~ to, bekerja /bersungguh-sungguh, dgn tekun/; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| buckle | ~ down to (task, job, assignment, work), membuat [sst] dgn /bersungguh-sungguh, tekun/: it’s time you ~ down to the task, sudah sampai masanya kamu membuat kerja itu dgn bersungguh-sungguh; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| discipline | vt 1. train, mendisiplinkan: he ~s himself to work consistently, dia mendisiplinkan dirinya utk bekerja dgn tekun; 2. punish, mengenakan tindakan /disiplin, tatatertib/ thdp: to ~ so. for breaking the rules, mengenakan tindakan disiplin thdp sso krn melanggar peraturan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| apt | adj 1. appropriate, sesuai: an ~ quotation, petikan yg sesuai; 2. likely, besar kemungkinannya: too much ambition is ~ to cloud a person’s judgement, cita-cita yg terlalu tinggi besar kemungkinannya akan mengaburkan pertimbangan sso; she is ~ to jump to conclusions, besar kemungkinannya dia akan membuat kesimpulan dgn tergesa-gesa; 3. highly intelligent, pandai, pintar, cerdik: an ~ student, murid yg pandai; 4. quick, cepat: she is attentive and ~ to learn, dia seorang yg tekun dan cepat menangkap apa-apa yg dipelajarinya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |