initiative

/ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/📚 2151 3四级六级考研雅思

An initiative is an important act or statement that is intended to solve a problem. ^{(重要的) 法案; 倡议}

We have the initiative; we intend to keep it.
我们拥有主动权；我们想要保持主动权。

“ -tive” ⌜ 具有...性质的 - having the quality or tendency of ~ ⌟

initiative 出现在下面的课文中（提供视频、音频及笔记等可系统性学习）: Lesson 36 The cost of government initiative 名词: 主动，积极性

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网友用“Initiative”造句精选: Local initiatives to help young people have been inadequate. 当地对年轻人的扶助法案一直不够完善。; She was disappointed by his lack of initiative. 她对他缺乏主动性感到失望。; If they reject or ignore the initiative, the public will vote on it in November. 如果他们拒绝或无视公民立法提案程序，公众将于11月对它进行投票表决。; We are the only power willing to take the initiative in the long struggle to end the war. 在旨在结束战争的长期斗争中，我们是惟一愿意首先采取行动的国家。; He believed in giving his staff scope for initiative. 他赞成给他的员工主动的机会。

关联词initiation/ɪˌnɪʃiˈeɪʃn/n. 开始；入会；启蒙，传授

来源于initiate/ɪˈnɪʃieɪt/vt. 开始，创始；发起；使初步了解

The initiative has passed to us.
Because of the general's indecisiveness, our armies have lost the initiative to the enemy.
It was up to the US to take the initiative in repairing relations.

lose the initiative ^{失去主动权}	By failing to respond to the competitor’s new product, the company lost the initiative in the market. ^{由于未能对竞争对手的新产品做出回应，该公司失去了市场主动权。}
take the initiative ^{采取主动；带头；倡议}	Don't wait for your boss to tell you what to do; you need to take the initiative and suggest new projects. ^{不要等老板告诉你该做什么；你需要采取主动，提出新的项目建议。}
seize the initiative ^{掌握主动权；抓住先机}	The army managed to seize the initiative with a surprise attack at dawn. ^{军队通过黎明时的奇袭成功夺取了主动权。}