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🔑 ini·tia·tive AW BrE /ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/NAmE /ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/ noun🔑 [C] a new plan for dealing with a particular problem or for achieving a particular purpose 倡议；新方案◆a United Nations peace initiative 联合国的和平倡议◆a government initiative to combat unemployment 政府应付失业问题的新方案🔑 [U] the ability to decide and act on your own without waiting for sb to tell you what to do 主动性；积极性；自发性◆You won't get much help. You'll have to use your initiative. 你不会得到多少帮助的。你得自己想办法。◆She did it on her own initiative (= without anyone telling her to do it). 她是主动这么做的。🔑 the initiative [sing.] the power or opportunity to act and gain an advantage before other people do 掌握有利条件的能力（或机会）；主动权◆to seize/lose the initiative 掌握/丧失先机◆It was up to the US to take the initiative in repairing relations. 在修复关系方面应由美国采取主动。 [C] (NAmE, law 法律)(in some states of the US) a process by which ordinary people can suggest a new law by signing a petition （美国某些州的）公民立法提案程序 |