1. | [c] 倡议；新方案a new plan for dealing with a particular problem or for achieving a particular purpose |
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 |
2. | [u] 主动性；积极性；自发性the ability to decide and act on your own without waiting for sb to tell you what to do |
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。 |
3. | [sing] 掌握有利条件的能力（或机会）；主动权the power or opportunity to act and gain an advantage before other people do |
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。 |
4. | [c] （美国某些州的）公民立法提案程序(in some states of the US) a process by which ordinary people can suggest a new law by signing a petition |
