I know it might be a literal and terrible translation from French, but I’d like to know whether it’s possible to say that “somebody is very applied to something“.
For instance, using:
She’s very applied to her studies
to mean that she’s taking her studies and her coursework very seriously.
I know that using it as a verb is correct, as in “to apply oneself to“, but is it possible to use it as an adjective?
Answer
In English, applied can be used as an adjective, but I think it has a different meaning than in French. From Oxford Dictionaries:
applied (adj) – (of a subject or type of study) put to practical use as opposed to being theoretical
I see “applied” used with subjects and disciplines sometimes. For example, maybe somebody is taking an “applied physics” class.
If you want to use “applied” in English to mean that somebody is working very hard, I would use the verb form. From Oxford Dictionaries:
apply (v) – 4. give one’s full attention to a task; work hard
Your sentence would then become…
She is really applying herself to her studies.
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