| [/ɪˈnɪʃətɪv; ɪˋnɪʃɪətɪv/] n 用法:
1 [C] action taken to resolve a difficulty 为解决困难而采取的行动:
It is hoped that the government's initiative will bring the strike to an end. 希望政府采取的行动可以结束罢工. 用法:
2 the initiative [sing] power or right to take action 采取行动的力量或权利; 主动权:
The initiative has passed to us.主动权已转到我方. *
Because of the general's indecisiveness,our armies have lost the initiative to the enemy. 由於将军未能当机立断, 我军已丧失对敌采取行动的主动权. 用法:
3 [U] (approv 褒) capacity to see what needs to be done and enterprise enough to do it, esp without others' help 主动性; 自发性; 积极性:
a man who lacks the initiative to be a leader 缺乏当领导人应具备的主动精神的人 *
The child showed/displayed great initiative in going to fetch the police. 那孩子极为主动地把警察找来了. *
[attrib 作定语] an initiative test 自发的试验. 用法:
4 [C] power or right of ordinary citizens to make proposals for new laws (as in Switzerland) （普通公民提出新法规倡议的）创制权（如瑞士的）. 用法:
5 (idm 习语) on one's own i`nitiative without anyone else ordering one to do sth, or suggesting that one should do it 主动地; 自发地; 积极地:
In the absence of my commanding officer, I acted on my own initiative. 指挥官不在场, 我主动见机行事. take the initiative take the first step in an undertaking, esp one that encourages others to act 带头; 倡导; 发起:
It's up to this country to take the initiative in banning nuclear weapons. 这个国家应该主动提出禁止核武器. |